Cabbage Trees at 'The Meadows', Albion Park

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TitleCabbage Trees at 'The Meadows', Albion ParkPhoto Number003517Date1950-1960DescriptionPhoto taken from Calderwood Road, looking across farmland to Mount Johnston in the background.

The trunks of Cabbage Trees were used to make footbridges and log walls for buildings. Their shoots were used to feed pigs and sometimes as vegetables for pioneer families. They were waterproof and, when cut in half, used as troughs to run water from springs to farms. Few of these trees remain in the Illawarra.

The above information is taken from various sources in Shellharbour City Museum's archives including;

1. Bayley, WA, 1959 'Green Meadows', Shellharbour Municipal Council
2. Thomas, Stan, 1974 'One Hundred and Thirty Years: a family story, 1838-1968'
3. 'Brief History of the Blow Family of Foxground, NSW', 1982, Blow Family Committee.
4. Organ, Michael, 1990, 'Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770-1850' Aboriginal Education Unit, University of Wollongong.
5. Fraser Family History File - Shellharbour City Museum. Article written by descendant Alexander Fraser. LocationAlbion Park

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