Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Eucalypts, commonly known as gum trees, form an integral part of the Australian identity with the bush. From the children’s song Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree through to the distinctive smell of eucalypts to iconic paintings and photographs, eucalypts are an essential part of Australian culture, featuring in art, music and literature.
The sight and smell of eucalypts are a defining part of Australian life. The sight of the blue haze from the eucalytpus oil arising from the bush in the mountain ranges of Sydney gave the Blue Mountains their name.
Eucalypts come in a great range of shapes and sizes – from tall trees to small shrubs. Eucalypts are a dominant part of the Australian flora. Eucalypts range across Australia – the only landscape they are completely absent from is the high alpine areas, although they are scarce in rainforests and in the arid