Scar Tree                   ——      Oak Tree
Indigenous Native  ——     Planted
River Redgum                 ——     Algerian Oak
Indigenous Culture    ——    Colonisation

Context:

• Both trees are significant and in significant locations at the entrance.
• Little information about the indigenous history of the land and local culture.
• Opportunity to work with the community and explore this and share knowledge.
• Indigenous Remnant Conservation Zone (connect with them)

Concept

Tree as artifact as monument in the living museum 

Scar Tree / Yingabeal 

• 600-700 years old marker tree.
• Convergence point of travel route known as song
  lines – directional and instructional songs to guide you on your journey and
  inform you of the land and cultures.
• Most significant scar tree – a convergence of 5 songlines, the most important marker tree in Melbourne