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Civic Park | Darwin Australia | 4K [2022]
0:00 Civic Park Darwin
0:25 The Cenotaph location 1970 - 1990
1:09 Civic Park Time Capsule
2:11 Darwin Library
2:56 The Galamarrma, or Tree of Knowledge
3:26 The HMS Beagle Ship Bell Chime
5:09 End credits

The Cenotaph was relocated to the Civic Centre gardens in 1970 as Government House became too small to hold commemorative services. In 1990 a larger site was again required and it was moved to Bicentennial Park. This site overlooks Darwin Harbour from which all men left during the First World War and would have been one of the last familiar sites the men saw as they sailed off to war. Many servicemen and women died in the 19 February 1942 bombing of Darwin and the Cenoptaph is located where the guns of the 14th Anti-Aircraft Battery were positioned and fired the first shots in the defense of Darwin.

On 1 July 2007, Darwin City Council commemorated its 50th anniversary since self-governance with birthday celebrations and the placing of a time capsule in Darwin’s Civic Park.

The HMS Beagle Ship Bell Chime was commissioned by Council in 2009 to celebrate 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin (1809-1883). Created by Dr Anton Hasell of Australian Bell Pty Ltd, the Bell Chime is a publicly accessible musical instrument linking the City of Darwin to Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle from 1831- 1836

The Galamarrma, or Tree of Knowledge is located in the courtyard of the Darwin Civic Center. Unfortunately an estimated age of the tree is not provided, but given that the tree was well established at the arrival of Europeans, 200-300 years is not unreasonable. A nearby plaque provides information on the tree and reads:

Located on the site of the old Terminus Hotel in Darwin's old Chinatown, this tree has been used as a meeting place, postal address and community notice board. It was also a place where Chinese youth met with and learned from their elders and where wisdom was gained in its shade.
Known as the Tree of Knowledge, this ancient tree is culturally significant to the Larrakia Aboriginal people who know it as "Galamarrma". The tree, a Banyan (ficus virens) was well established by 1898 and is believed to be a part of the remnant rainforest which made way for the town of Palmerston - later Darwin.
The Terminus Hotel was progressively demolished following it closure in November 1931 and in 1969 community pressure saw the plans for the new Civic Center altered by three meters to accommodate the significant part of Darwin' history and heritage.
Darwin has been through three very destructive cyclones, including Tracy on Christmas Day 1974, and World War II when Chinatown was destroyed by fire. And, through it all, Galamarrma has survived to remind us of our past.

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