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"Once there was a very old gum tree " is a simplified version of this very readable book by David Herbig, whose ancestors lived in the old tree at Springton and went on to have sixteen children, all of whom survived. It is available from the historical museum at Tanunda, or from David himself. David also runs heritage tours of Springton, taking in the old Friedensberg school and the Herbig farm. The first farmhouse (the one they built after baby no. 2 had been born in the old tree) is one of only two early houses in the district which had the animals and the family living under the one roof, as in many farmhouses in Europe.  **The Herbig Tree** **Springton German Heritage Excursions** Contact David Herbig Ph 8568 2287 area. Fire has been used to enlarge the hollows in these trees, to make them into comfortable shelters for local Aboriginal people. Probably the so-called Herbig tree was an Aboriginal dwelling place before the Herbigs came along.
 * [[image:historycurriculum/herbig tree.jpg width="315" height="455"]] || The hollow tree is the largest of many large, hollow eucalypts in the Springton/Eden Valley

The inside of the old hollow tree today houses signs and information about the Herbig family and their lives. ||

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