Red Bob, Captain Shadforth of my Regiment, the 57th was placed in charge of a detachment at Westbury in the 1830s.
It is probable that he was responsible for the layout of the infant settlement with its Village Green and Glebe.
The survival of the Green and its plantings is possibly unique on the Island.
Forestry is exempt any Heritage legislation; you cannot protect a tree in this State.
The loss of the Westbury Wellingtonia, a species only discovered in the 1840s would indeed be a criminal act; they dropped the Wellingtonia outside the Launceston Museum so a precedent has been set.
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