Heritage trees in Milton Ulladulla
The heritage fig in Milton is a well-known landmark and much loved by locals and visitors and the historic elm outside the Anglican church is also an important part of Milton’s history.
Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
In the grounds of St Peter and St Paul’s Anglican Church, Princes Highway, Milton.
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- Historic Elm at St Peter and St Pauls, Milton 2018
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- Historic Elm at St Peter and St Pauls, Milton 2018
Planted by Miss Alice Kendall in 1920, daughter of John & Catherine Kendall, who was a missionary at Foochow, China (1908-1942) with the Church Missionary Society. When she was on leave home in Milton in 1920, she planted the seed of the Chinese elm in the church grounds.
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Fig in Mick Ryan Park, Milton
Small-leafed Fig (Ficus obliqua)
Mick Ryan Park, Princes Highway Milton.
Believed to be around 190 years old, the fig tree is approximately 10 metres tall and has a massive spread of 38 metres. The tree is in very good health and is listed on the National Register of Big Trees. It is a favourite play area for children with many climbable branches to ground level and hide-and-seek spots around its huge, buttressed trunk.
Mick Ryan Park was created by Shoalhaven Council in 1968 for the purpose of saving the fig in case there was redevelopment of the land. The 2000m² parcel of land was bought from dairy farmer Mick Ryan, and the park named in his honour.
The date of the fig’s planting is not known but, according to information given by Mr Archie Blanch (Mick Ryan’s brother-in-law) at the time of the land purchase in 1968 to Shoalhaven City Council’s Southern District Engineer R. Larking (pers comms, 1986), from 1828-1830 it was common for horsemen to ride from Nerriga to Milton via Porters Creek and Egans Gap. One of those riders is said to have planted the fig. At the time, the land was owned by Whatman, then sold to Bartlett, then McDonald and, lastly, Ryan.
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- Fig in Mick Ryan Park, Milton
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- Fig in Mick Ryan Park, Milton
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- Location of Mick Ryan Reserve, Milton NSW
Camphor laurels (Cinnamomum camphora)
Avenue of Honour, Princes Highway, Milton
Planted as part of a much longer avenue to commemorate men and women from Milton-Ulladulla who served during World War 1, only three trees now remain along the Princes Highway (west side, north end of Milton, outside Mick Ryan Park).
Camphor laurels in Avenue of Honour, Princes Highway Milton