AUSTRALIA — 1936: An 2 pence red postage stamp depicting Proclamation Tree and view of Adelaide. Centenary of South Australia. The Old Gum Tree (also known as The Proclamation Tree) is a historic site in Glenelg North, South Australia. Near this tree on 28 December 1836, the British governor John Hindmarsh delivered the proclamation announcing the establishment of Government of the colony of South Australia. A ceremony is held each year at the site on Proclamation Day, with the current Governor reading out Hindmarsh's original speech. The tree itself, probably a red gum, had died by 1907

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Australia is located in Oceania, south of Indonesia, washed by the Indian Ocean to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Now it is a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth, the capital of which is Canberra. Australia includes the former British colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 3700px × 2700px
Location: Australia
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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