Tree of Knowledge (Australia)

The Tree of Knowledge was a heritage-listed tree in Oak Street, Barcaldine, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, that was poisoned and killed in 2006. It was a 200-year-old Corymbia aparrerinja ghost gum. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

This article is about the tree in Barcaldine associated with the labour movement. For the tree in Camooweal, see Tree of Knowledge, Camooweal. For other uses, see Tree of Knowledge.

Tree of Knowledge (Australia)
The Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine, 1997
LocationOak Street, Barcaldine, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates23.5523°S 145.2897°E / -23.5523; 145.2897
Design period1870s–1890s (late 19th century)
Built1891–1891
Official nameTree of Knowledge
Typestate heritage (landscape)
Designated21 October 1992
Reference no.600021
Significant period1891 (historical)
Significant componentsmemorial – plaque, flagpole/flagstaff, memorial/monument
Location of Tree of Knowledge (Australia) in Queensland

The town was the headquarters of the 1891 Australian shearers' strike and the tree was the site of the 1892 reading of the Labour Party manifesto leading to the formation of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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