© Edna Walling Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria

Source: Manuscript Collection State Library of Victoria

I shall never forget my first sight of Paper Barks. It was at Swansea on our way to Queensland. "What are those gums?" my passenger asked. I jumped out of the car for a closer look at those gleaming silvery trunks, these enchanting trees were being cut down! And I noticed a ... chunk with the papery layers of bark "They are Paper Barks" I said, hardly believing my eyes. Never had we seen more picturesque trees. However we hurried on fearing that we might get into an argument with those who were felling them.

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