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Campus/location : Wonderboom, Pretoria, Gauteng | Campus/location: Wonderboom, Pretoria, Gauteng | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are not officially granted. | The arms are not officially granted. | ||
The arms show the Wonderboom ('miracle tree') after which the are is named. The Wonderboom is a unique 1000 year old fig tree found North of the Magaliesberg Mountains in Pretoria. The tree, now a national monument, is unusually large, standing some 25 metres high and having a 5,5 metre diameter main trunk. It’s growth pattern is also unusual: as its branches grew longer, they drooped towards the ground and eventually took root and formed a circle of new trunks or daughter trees around the original tree. There are now a total of 13 trunks and the colossal tree covers an area with a diameter of 55 metres! | |||
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LAERSKOOL WONDERBOOM
Country: South Africa
Campus/location: Wonderboom, Pretoria, Gauteng
| Afrikaans | blazon wanted |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms are not officially granted.
The arms show the Wonderboom ('miracle tree') after which the are is named. The Wonderboom is a unique 1000 year old fig tree found North of the Magaliesberg Mountains in Pretoria. The tree, now a national monument, is unusually large, standing some 25 metres high and having a 5,5 metre diameter main trunk. It’s growth pattern is also unusual: as its branches grew longer, they drooped towards the ground and eventually took root and formed a circle of new trunks or daughter trees around the original tree. There are now a total of 13 trunks and the colossal tree covers an area with a diameter of 55 metres!
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