This Giant Palm Tree which had a girth of 11 feet, was uprooted and cut up for removal from Parliament House gardens yesterday. The gardens will be remodelled.
'Sun News-Pictorial, September 12, 1933 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article277060759
So, clearly the photograph tells us nothing, but it is interesting that its removal was deemed to be news-worthy; however I have found photographs of this Palm Tree.
A young Palm Trees, peeking over the fence and the hedge
Parliament House, looking up Spring Street, dated c. 1900-1925.
Photographer: S.J. Jones.
State Library of Victoria image H82.43/108 https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/76742
Elevated view of the Palm Tree and garden
Federal Parliament House, 1923-1925. Photographer: C.M.H.
State Library of Victoria image H2010.18/4 https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/68769
The Palm Tree and gardens.
Parliament House, Melbourne, c. 1920s - 1933. Photographer: Carl Reinhold Hartmann.
State Library of Victoria image H2009.143/227 https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/108065
The Parliament House Garden, without the Palm Tree and the hedge, in 1942.
Locations and Buildings in Melbourne, 1942. No photographer listed.
State Library of Victoria image H2017.275/89 https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4218202
Source
- The Sun News-Pictorial, September 12, 1933, see here
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