Corporate Body

Australian National Botanic Gardens (1978 - )

From
1978
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Functions
Botanic garden, Conservation or Environment, Horticulture and Plant Science
Website
http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/index.html
Location
Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) came into being in 1978 when the Canberra Botanic Gardens changed its name. ANBG is the largest living collection of native Australian flora, its mission being to study and promote Australia's flora. This includes the cultivation of rare and endangered native plants. Resources available for the study of Australia's plants include an extensive photograph collection. There is also an herbarium, many of the specimens being directly connected to the living plants: in 1994 a significant part of its early collections were transferred to the Australian National Herbarium. In addition the Gardens runs an extensive program of public programs, with volunteer guides, an amphitheatre for public functions and concerts, and the Crosbie Morrison Centre for Environmental Education. The Friends of the Botanic Gardens was established in October 1990.

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 1930s - 1978 Canberra Botanic Gardens
       1978 - Australian National Botanic Gardens

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Published resources

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Books

  • Beer, Don, Miracle on Black Mountain: a history of the Australian National Botanic Garden (Braddon, A.C.T.: Halstead Press, 2022), 330 pp. Details
  • Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Clements, M. A., Preliminary checklist of Australian Orchidaceae (Canberra: Department of the Capital Territory, 1982), 216 pp. Details

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