Gregory's Tree Historical Reserve
{{Short description|Protected area in Northern Territory, Australia}}
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Gregory's Tree Historical Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory and it is situated within the Judbarra / Gregory National Park and is {{Convert|15|km|mi}} north-west of Timber Creek and on the Victoria Highway and is a registered heritage site.{{Cite web |title=Gregory's Tree |url=https://northernterritory.com/katherine-and-surrounds/see-and-do/gregorys-tree |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=northernterritory.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Gregory's Tree |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/landscape/exploration/display/80254-gregory%60s-tree- |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Monument Australia}} The reserve is a small one consisting of {{Convert|2|ha|acre}}.{{cite web |title=Judbarra / Gregory National Park and Gregory's Tree Historical Reserve Joint Management Plan |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10070/460833 |access-date=27 September 2024 |publisher=Parks and Wildlife Service of the Northern Territory |hdl=10070/460833 |publication-place=Katherine (N.T.)}}
Gregory's tree itself is a boab tree (Adansonia gregorii) which is sacred to the Ngarinman people; for this reason it is also registered as a sacred site.{{Cite web |title=Gregorys Tree (Monument) |url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=13301 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=NT Place Names Register}}{{Cite web |title=Gregory's Tree, Timber Creek |url=https://northernterritory.com/katherine-and-surrounds/see-and-do/gregorys-tree-timber-creek |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=northernterritory.com |language=en}}
A permanent declaration placing it on the Northern Territory Heritage Register made on 1 March 1995.{{Cite web |title=Site Details, Gregory's Tree, 1740 Victoria Hwy, Gregory |url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/heritageregister/f?p=103:303::::NO:P303_PLACE_ID:101# |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=NT Heritage Register}}
History
Gregory's Tree, which the reserve encapsulates, was named for Augustus Charles Gregory when he was the leader of the North Australia Expedition in 1855 - 1856 and it marks an area where he camped. The dates of these camps, 13 October 1855 and 2 July 1856, is inscribed into the tree trunk and where designed to serve as a marker of their expedition; in case they came into trouble.{{cite news |date=19 January 1938 |title=Gregory's marked tree |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166228560 |accessdate=27 September 2024 |newspaper=The Sydney Mail |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=LII |issue=1347}}{{cite news |date=3 January 1931 |title=Explorer's memorial |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33006361 |accessdate=27 September 2024 |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Western Australia |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XLVII |issue=8,902}}
The species of tree was also named and first described by Ferdinand von Mueller, the botanist for the expedition, in honour of Gregory.
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Category:Historical reserves of the Northern Territory
Category:Protected areas established in 1995