Boab Prison Tree Derby

Boab Prison Tree Derby. Baobab or Boab prison tree in Derby Kimberley Western Australia Stock Photo Alamy What is unusual is its size - this boab is enormous. The Boab Prison Tree, Derby is now a tourist attraction

Historic Boab Prison Tree, Derby, Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Australia Stock Photo Alamy
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This ancient and enormous Boab, estimated to be around 1,500 years old, features a hollow trunk with a circumference of over 14 meters The Boab Prison Tree in Derby has a girth measuring around 46 ft (over 14 metres) and is a specimen of the Boab tree, scientifically known as Adansonia gregorii

Historic Boab Prison Tree, Derby, Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Australia Stock Photo Alamy

The first story about the Derby boab being used as a prison tree emerged in the 1940s Boab Prison Tree Rd, Off Derby Highway, Derby, 6728 The Boab Prison Tree in Derby has a girth measuring around 46 ft (over 14 metres) and is a specimen of the Boab tree, scientifically known as Adansonia gregorii

The Boab Prison Tree south of Derby was used as a lockup for Indigenous Australian prisoners. The tree is an incredible 14 metres in circumference Occasionally when the group of prisoners was large and there wasn't room for everybody inside, some of the natives would be chained to the trunk outside

More than meets the eye Derby Boab "Prison" Tree, Australia Unusual Places. Just south of Derby in Western Australia is an ancient boab tree This continued for sometime and people started calling the tree the "Hillgrove Lockup"