CAPE YORK CLANS MADE 5' LONG SWORDS WITH BROAD FLAT BLADES FROM THE LIGHT SPONGY WOOD OF THE MORETON BAY STRANGLER FIG, SMOOTHED WITH WET SAND & SHARK SKIN TO BEHEAD HOSTILE INVADERS OF THEIR SACRED RAIN FOREST. BRISBANE CLANS MADE ROPES & FISHING NETS FROM THE INNER BARK OF THE MORETON BAY FIG & CUT LONG NARROW SHIELDS FROM ITS OUTER BARK TO STOP BARBED SPEARS LIKE KEVLAR VESTS. 1-2 DROPS OF FIG SAP WAS USED AS EYE DROPS & A CLEAR BAND AID FOR CUTS & STINGS TO PREVENT INFECTION.

IN 1890, A PENNILESS AUSSIE SAILOR BARTERED A MORETON BAY FIG SEEDLING TO PAY FOR HIS DRINKS AT A SANTA MONICA BAR. IT WAS GIVEN TO MRS GEORGINA JONES WHO HAD IT PLANTED ON HER ESTATE, NOW THE FAIRMONT MIRAMAR HOTEL WHERE IT STILL STANDS TODAY. MIRA-MAR MEANS MIRROR OF THE SEA; MIRA/TO LOOK; MA/SEA; SIGHT. R MEANS MOUTH-SPIRIT OF MIRA-MAR, AN ABORIGINAL CLEVER MAN (PSYCHOLOGIST/HEALER) IN MIRA-BUK, THE SOUTHERN CROSS, STAR SIGN OF UR, WITH OUR BOOK OF LIFE REFLECTING OUR HEART-MIND & SOUL-NAME LIKE A MIRROR.