Junction Island Nature Reserve and Canoe Tree
Junction Island Nature Reserve ... The shoal of land between the Darling and Murray Rivers.
Junction Island is the shoal of land between the Darling and Murray Rivers. The junction sandbar is where a large number of aborigines, armed with spears and weapons, threatened Captain Sturt as he sailed down the Murray on his expedition to find the inland sea, and here he had arrived at the Darling junction. Luckily the aboriginals were calmed down by four aboriginals from across the river whom Sturt had befriended earlier and therefore the ’intruders’ presence was accepted.
A canoe tree is also located along the trail that leads to the point. Flora, fauna, wildlife and birdlife abound within this island reserve.
Canoe Tree ... The first methods of river transport.
To make a canoe, the aborigines would first make an outline of the shape they required with cutting stones or stone tools. Once the shape was mastered, they cut deeply into the tree to the heartwood (or xylem), prying the bark off in one piece with stick or rocks.
To make a canoe, the ends of the bark were then curled up and pushed together. Some were made watertight by the addition of clay and grass in any leaky areas.
True canoe trees rarely have the scar extending to the base of the trunk.
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