Level of Significance
- File
- Local
- Regional
- State
- National
Age (approx)
130yrsTrees
2Diameter
0.6mHeight - 25m
Details
- Location/Context (Social)
- Landscape (Social)
- Landmark (Social)
- Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
- Commemorative (Historic)
- Event (Historic)
- Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
- Attractive (Aesthetic)
Statement of Significance
This tree is of state significance as an important landmark with high aesthetic value that commemorates an occasion and is associated with an important group (agriculturalists at Beechmont).
Notes
These two trees were believed to have been planted about 1890 by Lillywhite's Uncle Bilborough to mark the grave of Lillywhite, the first white man killed in the district. The plaque at Rosin's lookout reads as follows:- 'Rosin's Lookout - This rest area on the boundary of Albert and Beaudesert Shires was officially opened by the Hon. R.E.Camm M.L.A. Minister for Mines and Main Roads on 23 January 1971. This area overlooks the beautiful Numinbah Valley and is reported to contain the grave of the first white man in this locality. Explorers Cunningham and Logan passed within a mile searching for Captain Cook's Mt Warning. Additional information on Lillywhite's grave states that Lillywhite, a nephew of Bilborough, the original selector of Portion 37v, Parish of Witheren, was accidently killed in the early 1890s by a falling tree while clearing the scrub (rainforest) in what is now sub 1 of Portion 37v. This clearing became Bilborough's Orchard, probably the first agricultural activity begun on Beechmont. (Photo taken 2012)