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Wed 2 Feb 1966 - The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)
Page 26 - DANCE OF THE BOAB
On this Page 26
By VINCENT SERVENTY
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IN THE LEOPOLD RANGES, in north western Australia, a typical
baobab (or boab, or bottle tree). Their leaves fall in the "dry."
SURELY Nature never designed a
more grotesque, warty tree than
the baobab. Here must have sheltered
every kind of gnome and hobgoblin
since time began.
Baobabs are found
only in tropical Africa
and northern Australia.
In Australia they do not
grow far from the rivers
or the coast, as they
need ample water.
The boab, as the locals call it, is fas-
cinating at first sight, and its charm
grows. It is held in affectionate regard
by black and white alike.
For the old-time aborigines it pro-
vided food and drink. They ate the
nourishing seeds and pulp in its gourds
and used its gum to flavor a refresh-
ing drink. Water in the bottle-shaped
trunks was sometimes a lifesaver, and
BEAUTIFUL
AUSTRALIA
bats sheltering in the
hollow were caught by
hand for the tuckerbag.
Rope was made from
the tree's fibres.
Baobab nuts were
carved for tourists from the cities.
Today these trees are prized fo their
appearance; since they transplan well,
many are being grown as shade and
garden trees at far northern towns and
cattle stations.
BELOW: This patriarch on the Derby-Broome road has access to
underground water and holds its leaves in the dry season.
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THE BOAB

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"PRISON TREE" at Derby was probably never used as a prison

-unlike the other well-known hollow baobab at Wyndham.

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AHOVE: A baobab makes its angular gesture in silhouette against
a tropical dawn sky. BELOW: A "family." The bottle trees in and
around Derby are so well known that the annual civic celebrations

are called the Boab Festival. Pictures by Vincent Serventy.

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DANCE OF THE BOAB (1966, February 2).The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 26. Retrieved April 1, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51187088
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"DANCE OF THE BOAB"The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) 2 February 1966: 26. Web. 1 Apr 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51187088>.
Harvard/Australian citation
1966 'DANCE OF THE BOAB',The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 2 February, p. 26. , viewed 01 Apr 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51187088
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{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51187088 |title=DANCE OF THE BOAB |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=33, |issue=36 |location=Australia, Australia |date=2 February 1966 |accessdate=1 April 2025 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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