Euroka Campground Scarred Trees

Summary: Four scarred or burial trees near the Euroka Campground in Glenbrook.

  • Art type/s: Scarred Tree
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2005

There are at least four Aboriginal scarred trees around Euroka Campground, near Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains National Park.

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Often the trees have been “scarred” by the removal of bark to make a canoe or coolamon, but the three trees near the Appletree Flat have the appearance of a Burial Tree. This is where the bark of a tree near the deceased’s grave is removed, and the tribe’s totem is carved into the tree.

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Another scarred tree is along Bennetts Ridge.

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