Tree Cutter

Object/Artifact

Forget-me-not, A social history archive

Name/Title

Tree Cutter

Entry/Object ID

5909

Description

This is an apparatus, hand operated. It clamps onto the trunk of Gigi trees in Western New South Wales and Queensland. You then walked around the tree and it cut right through the bark, successfully ringbarking the tree and killing them. There were thousands of acres of trees killed using these tools.

Collection

Tools