Perth Voice Interactive

THE tree commemorating the Halliday family has died.

The family were pioneers in the early days of Bayswater, and their nearby house on King William Street served as a meeting place for the local Baptist congregation. It’s now a museum and the HQ of the Bayswater historical society.

But the tree planted in Halliday Park in memory of the family is dead.

“The dead tree that was removed was a WA peppermint tree and the commemorative tree for the Halliday family,” mayor Terry Kenyon said via email.

“The city has replaced the tree with similar species.”

While a local called the Voice concerned the council had killed the tree, Mr Kenyon said “the tree died”. “Our only involvement was to remove and replace the tree with a similar species. Unfortunately this type of tree does, from time to time, die from disease.”