Person
Nobelius, Carl Axel (1851 - 1921)
- Born
- 19 June 1851
Tampere, Finland - Died
- 31 December 1921
Emerald, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Orchardist and Nurseryman
Summary
Carl Nobelius ran the largest nursery south of the equator. He established his Gembrook Nurseries in Emerald, Victoria in 1890. Six years later, he had two million stock trees and was importing fruit and trees across Australia and to New Zealand, South Africa, India, Japan, Europe and South America. Nobelius even established a large-scale pear and apple orchard in Tasmania. He was a keen experimenter with horticultural techniques and became a highly skilled propagator.
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Chronology
- 1871
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne)
- 1884
- Life event - Bought land at Emerald
- 1890 -
- Career position - Orchard and nursery established (50 acres) at his Emerald property
Published resources
Books
- Nobelius Nursery catalogues (). Details
Book Sections
- Ericksen, R. F., 'Nobelius, Carl Axel (1851-1921), orchardist and nurseryman' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 343-344. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050393b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Jenkinson, J.A., 'History of the Nobelius Nurseries 1886-1921, Emerald, Victoria', Australian Garden History, 11 (5) (2000). Details
- Pescott, E. E., 'The Pioneers of Horticulture in Victoria', Victorian Historical Magazine, 18 (1940). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536080. Details
- 'Nobelius, Carl Axel (18510619-19211231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463942. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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