In September 1994 David Noble, an officer with the NSW
National Parks & Wildlife Service, discovered some trees he didn’t quite recognise. In a deep, narrow canyon of the rugged
Wollemi National Park, he discovered what we now call
Wollemia nobilis or the Wollemi Pine.
Find out more in this clip by ABC Catalyst:
Horstman M et al (19/5/2005)
Wollemi Pine. ABC Catalyst.