Episode: Five
Date: 16th May
Story: Lone Pine
Presenter: Neville Passmore

Neville visits the Lone Pine at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and speaks to Peter Burness, the Memorial?s senior historian, to find out the significance of the Lone Pine and where you can find it today.

The Story of Lone Pine
Lone Pine was one of a series of battles fought in August 1915 on Gallipoli, as the British attempted to revitalize their campaign.
The battle became known as Lone Pine due to the single pine tree which stood at the location where the battle was fought.
The battle of Lone Pine was very important, as it was where seven Victorian crosses were awarded and the Australians took vital ground, despite the overall campaign being unsuccessful.
Lance Corporal Benjamin Charles Smith of the Third Battalion, who lost his brother in the Lone Pine battle, sent several cones from the pine tree back to Australia.
Only two of the seeds from these cones were grown, one of which now stands at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Every year, cones from the Lone Pine are harvested by Yarralumla Nursery. The seeds are extracted and then germinated and planted out around Australia at various memorial parks and schools.

Featured Plant:

Lone Pine

The Lone Pine is a big tree, maturing at 20 metres in height with a spread of 15 metres, so it is not for every garden.
It prefers well drained soil, and needs protection from strong winds whilst young.
If you don?t have room in the garden for one, they work great in pot plants as well.

Contact
Yarralumla Nursery
Banks St
Yarralumla, ACT 2600
Telephone: 02 6207 2446
Website: http://www.tams.act.gov.au/live/yarralumla_nursery

Australian War Memorial
Street address:
Treloar Crescent
Campbell ACT 2612
AUSTRALIA
Postal address:
GPO Box 345
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
ph. +61 (02) 6243 4211
fax +61 (02) 6243 4325
Email: info@awm.gov.au
Website: www.awm.gov.au

Opening hours:
Museum and shop
10 am-5 pm daily
Closed on Christmas Day