TitleCabbage Palms, IllawarraPhoto Number003688DescriptionThe 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.
Cabbage trees on Manson's Farm at Albion Park.
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. LocationIllawarraPhotographerKerry, CharlesDonorStewart, ThelmaExternal LinkCabbage Trees Growing on Manson's Farm at Albion Park
