Old Jarrah Tree, Heritage tree in Armadale, Australia

The Old Jarrah Tree is a Eucalyptus marginata at the corner of Third Road and Church Avenue in Armadale, Western Australia. About three quarters of its canopy is dead or gone, and lopping has left it less than half its normal height. After being ringbarked by vandals in 1997, it produced numerous epicormic shoots on its north side.

Estimated at 400 to 800 years old, the tree survived the 19th-century logging that cleared most large specimens from the Perth area. Community campaigns defeated attempts to destroy it in 1987 and again in 1997, when vandals ringbarked it and it answered with epicormic shoots on its north side. A Conservation Order followed that year after the Minister for Heritage received 1,147 submissions.

Jarrah is the Noongar-derived common name for Eucalyptus marginata, the hardwood timber cut across the region in the 19th century. The tree is one of only three trees or tree groups in Western Australia to be heritage listed, and it forms a stop on the Bicentennial Heritage Tree Trail. Its listing followed 1,147 submissions to the Minister for Heritage in 1997.

The tree stands inside the carpark at the corner of Third Road and Church Avenue, so it is reached on foot from the parking area rather than from the road itself. There is no gate, ticket or booking; the site is open and can be viewed at any time. Look for the epicormic shoots on the north side of the trunk.

The tree is one of only three trees or tree groups in Western Australia to be heritage listed. Its 1997 Conservation Order followed 1,147 submissions to the Minister for Heritage, and community groups had already blocked destruction attempts in 1987 and again in 1997.