THE Mildura Tree will get an official nod of recognition at this year's Mildura Day Celebration.

Commemorated every year on May 31, Mildura Day marks the 1887 date that the Chaffey Brothers signed the indenture that granted them the land on which they established the Mildura Irrigation Colony.

This year's celebrations are at the Mildura Homestead, a location where many historical Mildura events ...