Australian Aboriginal Arboriculture

When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth” [1]. Over the last 5 years I have been photographing what botanists call accidental woody epiphytes and uploading the images onto my website https://scartrees.com.au/. I don’t believe many of these woody epiphytes were accidental at all, but rather deliberately planted and nurtured by the local indigenous people of this semi-arid region [1]. The traditional owners of this land were the Kamilaroi, Euahlayi(Yuwaalayay) & Wailwan people who occupied an area larger than many European countries. Semi-arid refers to an average rainfall of 10”-20” per year but here it’s more like 16”- 18” (400 - 450 mls) [2].