Weather conditions and shifting sands temporarily reveal ancient forest remains, preserved from thousands of years ago.
The fossilised stump of a tree on Badger Beach in Narawntapu National Park, in Tas mania's north. October 2024.Recent storms on a northern Tas manian beach have revealed the remains of an ancient forest of trees considered "elders" by Tas mania's Aboriginal people.
The post said it was part of an ancient forest estimated to be from the last glacial period tens of thousands of years ago.) Professor Jordan said he believed the trees were at least 8,000 years old — and agreed they could be tens of thousands of years old. Although it's not yet determined, Professor Jordan said it was likely that thousands of years ago, the trees stood as part of a melaleuca forest, commonly known as tea tree or paperbark.(Palawa man Jye Crosswell runs an Aboriginal cultural education business, and he also said the site was likely to be an ancient tea tree forest.
He said the root balls of younger tea trees were used to create clubs for hunting kangaroo and seals, alongside other native trees that were used to create structures including shelter huts.
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