in 1976, a monument was unveiled by the hon jim balfour to the "world's tallest tree" near thorpdale, which in 1881 was measured by a surveyor, george cornthwaite, at 375 feet after it had been chopped down. this account was reported in the "victorian field naturalist" many years later in july 1918 and is often considered the most reliable record of victoria's tallest tree.