Planted to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897, Guildford fought to save its beloved sugar gum trees for the next 100 years. Now, the town celebrates its win each year.
It is hard to picture the heritage-listed Perth suburb of Guildford without the more than hundred-year-old sugar gum trees shading the main street.
"I was getting frantic messages from the Minister for Heritage's office and the council because we clogged up the phone lines. "But we were by no means the first people to preserve them. We can demonstrate at least five campaigns going back to the 1930s to save them." "We engaged three arboriculturists to provide professional advice and it was untimely decided that the majority of the sugar gum trees could remain with pruning maintenance," he said.
Strong community opposition led to the commission rerouting the power to the south side of the road to avoid the trees.Another attempt to remove the trees was made in 1953 when the WA Main Roads department widened the streets in Guildford and initially proposed removing 21 trees. "We certainly have tried to involve young people in this current event, to try and get that connection."Current Guildford Association president Claire Scanlan said the community festival to celebrate the longevity of the trees was a popular idea.
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