Australian National Botanic Gardens (1949 - )

Summary

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ABNG) manages a collection of native Australian plants, displayed for the enjoyment of visitors as well as being studied in plant classification and biology research.

Details

Although land was set aside to create a botanic gardens in Canberra, it was not until the 1940s that the first trees were planted, and it took a further two decades until the gardens were opened to the public in 1967, with the official opening in October 1970. In 1978 the name was changed from Canberra Botanic Gardens to Australian National Botanic Gardens in recognition of the national role of the institution.

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

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

• Fagg, Murray, 'Australian National Botanic Gardens Australian National Botanic Gardens', Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta, Australian National Botanic Gardens, 2009, http://www.anbg.gov.au/chabg/bg-dir/009.html. Details
• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-554266. Details