About this place
What to expect
The Herbig Family Tree is a large, hollow red gum tree located on Angaston Road, Springton. It is estimated to be up to 500 years old, with a diameter of seven metres at its base and a height of 24 metres. The Peramangk people once utilised the Herbig Family Tree as shelter. Visitors can still see the tree's coolamon scars (evidence of Aboriginal people carving wooden dishes out of the tree's bark). The site remains an important place of Peramangk culture and connection. The Herbig Family Tree was the first Australian home of Friedrich Herbig, who arrived in South Australia in 1855. Friedrich married Caroline Rattey in 1858 and together they lived in the unique tree-home with the first two of their 16 children. Today the Herbig Family Tree remains a tangible link to both Indigenous and early European local heritage.