The following extract (page 349 of the Lahey family history written by dear Shirley Lahey) describes the original planting ceremony a hundred years ago.

The official opening of the Sherwood Arboretum took place on 21 March 1925.  That day the governor of Queensland Sir Matthew Nathan planted the first of seventy-two Queensland kauri pine trees (Agathis robusta) that formed Sir Matthew Nathan Avenue.  Others planting trees included parliamentarians, the mayor of the new Greater Brisbane Council William A Jolly, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Brisbane, Archbishop Duhig, the outgoing Sherwood Shire councillors, the director of forests E.H.F. Swain, local residents, scientists and naturalists.  David Lahey planted a tree that was number sixty-three, and his son Romeo planted number fifty-three.  These trees had plates on them that bore the names and position of whoever had planted them.  Romeo’s read “Pioneer Naturalist” but the plate was lost some years ago along with others that disappeared.  On 2 November 1997 the Brisbane City Council and volunteer helpers organised a planting of replacement trees where some had died and all the trees had plates fixed to them to identify the original planter……….