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In 1938 Anthony Hordern’s department store in Sydney celebrated its 115^th year of trading by importing 50,000 oak seedlings from England to give to customers in a store promotion.   Some were discarded, some died early, and some were cut down.  But a proportion survived, and Sydney is now dotted with suburban oak trees, some very substantial.  

The most famous dominates the Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay on the lower North Shore.   The first and only tree planted by Kathleen McGill in 1938, it is now a magnificent landmark lit up by lights at night.   “Let’s meet at the Oaks” is sufficient direction for most locals.  

The present owner of the hotel handed out new seedlings during the tree’s 60^th birthday, so Sydney residents can look forward to more oaks in the next millennium.  Who says private enterprise cannot give us long-lasting hardwood trees?

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