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Denmark locals mourn loss of decades-old fig tree bulldozed by developer on WA’s south coast
Members of a small town on Western Australia’s south coast are mourning the felling of a tree they say had been a part of their community for generations.
Key points:
- A fig tree outside of Denmark, WA, was destroyed be developer LWP earlier this month
- Locals say it has been there for decades and had become a popular local attraction
- LWP says it was needed to reduce the bushfire risk, but the Shire of Denmark disputes the claim
Residents in Denmark, a town of fewer than 3,000 in the Great Southern region, are said to have been shocked after the developer LWP demolished, without warning, an allegedly decades-old fig tree on the site of a former historic tourist area.
LWP group, which owns the land and has developed much of the surrounding…
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