Boab Prison Tree
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The Boab Prison Tree is a large hollow Adansonia gregorii (Boab) tree just south of Derby, Western Australia
. It is reputed to have been used in the 1890s as a lockup for Indigenous Australian prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing. It is now a tourist attraction.
In recent years a fence was erected around the tree to protect it from vandalism.
Derby, Western Australia
Derby is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Derby had a population of 3,093. Along with Broome and Kununurra, it is one of only three towns in the Kimberley to have a population over 2,000...
. It is reputed to have been used in the 1890s as a lockup for Indigenous Australian prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing. It is now a tourist attraction.
In recent years a fence was erected around the tree to protect it from vandalism.