Some of you may be interested, some not.

 

Our Council Nursery holds 2 descendants of the Lone Pine. They are not mentioned on the wikipedia page, but after careful googling, they are the same tree. A resident told me that they were seeds taken from the battlefield, but perhaps they are from a cone from one of the original seeds. Most people at the Council agree that they are from seeds from the battlefield. How accurate this is, I have no idea. These stories have a way of being changed over the years.

 

Below are a couple of quick shots I took of them. Not a very nice day for it, may get some more in the future. Camera is a 5D with the 24-105 lens.

 

 

http://imgur.com/HON4B.jpg

 

http://imgur.com/HONW3.jpg

 

http://imgur.com/HOONV.jpg

 

http://imgur.com/HOPFN.jpg

 

 

Just in time for Anzac Day. When I get back to work I will see if I can get more info regarding them.

anyone who hasn't been to gallipoli should definitely make the trip.. it is an emotional and humbling experience.

A salesmen will say almost anything to sell his product.

 

sorry SOP but some how i think this to be the case here. Just a little fantasy of an over zealous nursery salesmen, which he pitched to a few customers, and now has become news, and actual fact...

 

My brother works at the National War Memorial here in Canberra, and I'm pretty sure anything like this would have to go through them before any sort of claim this big can be made public... an official from the Memorial would come out and analyze the plants samples taken and tested against the one on the War Memorial grounds or the other pines around Australia.

 

I'm pretty sure claims like these have been made in the past and more often then not, they are found to be false claims.

 

I could be wrong but jus having councilmen say it doesn't always make it so...

Edited April 9, 200916 yr by Gypsy8

I think not originals. Maybe 2nd gen descendants. I have seen two examples of pine trees grown from the original lone pine, one here is brissy at the victoria barracks. (which has an excellent little museum with a well stocked armory for those interested) and another at the army barracks in randwick sydney. And they were both towering trees, maybe 10+ metres high.

Edited April 9, 200916 yr by Chance1

I'm pretty sure claims like these have been made in the past and more often then not, they are found to be false claims.

 

I could be wrong but jus having councilmen say it doesn't always make it so...

I called BS in the original post but it's still the same tree, but they are in poor condition.

 

And the comment about salespeople doesn't suit here, I'm an employee, talking to an employee whom I work closely with, nothing to do with Councillors.

 

As I said, I will try and confirm the story with some more details.

 

As it stands, from preliminary identification with google, it's the same pine. Take the photos the way you want.

 

 

Edit: The way I see it, it's probably like Charger says. 2nd Gen. I would assume they were bought from the licensed nursery growers and brought to Brisbane. That nursery is breeding 2nd gen trees from seeds from the 1st gen trees planted in Vic, for sale.

Edited April 9, 200916 yr by captncrunch240

im not doubting the fact that it is turkish pine (Aleppo Pine). there are plenty of that kind of pine in Australia, but not all are from gallipoli, or from the 2 original pine cones brought back by the 2 diggers.

 

all im saying is stating something like this needs to have hard scientific evidence, not just here say. My grandma has a turkish pine (Aleppo Pine), but its not from the original "lone Pine" seeds.

Edited April 9, 200916 yr by Gypsy8

i also have seen a direct decedent of the lone pine... it looked dead...

 

personally there is only 1 lone pine if you get more off it then its not lonely anymore is it

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200812/r326847_1466610.jpg

 

doing very well

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/28/2455687.htm

yep i saw that... took 2 weeks to clear it! i run past it everyday!

good god that tree must have come in contact with chuck Norris's blood because it just doesnt die

There is one in Hornsby public pool, not sure if it is the same one of course, but the tree is pretty big.

im not doubting the fact that it is turkish pine (Aleppo Pine). there are plenty of that kind of pine in Australia, but not all are from gallipoli, or from the 2 original pine cones brought back by the 2 diggers.

 

all im saying is stating something like this needs to have hard scientific evidence, not just here say. My grandma has a turkish pine (Aleppo Pine), but its not from the original "lone Pine" seeds.

I'm confused. Are you saying it can't be possibly be related to the original pine, even though nurseries are selling descendants?

 

What do you mean by hard evidence, besides one member of the community approaching me to tell me about the pines held in our nursery which piqued my interest, the backing up by 20 year old council veterans, the mile long procedure to even get one put into the ground etc. I understand that isn't hard evidence. Do I need DNA, just to be safe? Tell me what I need and I will attempt to get it.

 

I can reasonably safely say that it's not an original pine, as the story goes through some research this afternoon, but I'm not thinking that along the line the story has mutated that much that now it's not even remotely related.