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Sophiatown Oak

Placeholder for Sophiatown Oak Memorial

This marks the site where South Africa's first Champion Tree stood. The tree was over 100 years old, with a girth of 4m, but a severe pruning in 2005 killed the tree. The giant oak was a meeting place for the community in old Sophiatown,

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