Barcaldine
December 31st 2006 Famous for the Tree of Knowledge, and as everyone knows was poisoned and is now dead. It is situated in front of the railway station. In 1891 the Great Shearers Strike was under way and their meetings were held under the tree. Also in the early days it served as the main meeting place for t6he twonspeople and was known as the Alleluia Tree because the Salvation Army used to meet under its leafy
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