Corporate Body

Society for Growing Australian Plants, Queensland (1957 - )

From

1957

Alternative Names

SGAP Qld Inc (Acronym)

Website

http://www.sgapqld.org.au/Welcome.html

Location

Botanic Gardens, Mt. Coot-ha Road, Toowong, Queensland.

Summary

The Society for Growing Australian Plants (SGAP) is the Queensland Regional Society of the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). The SGAP was formed in 1957 for the purpose of studying and developing the horticultural potential of Australian native plants and preserving them through cultivation.
In 2012, the SGAP Queensland Region has more than 1200 members.

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) (2008 - )
The Society for Growing Australian Plants Queensland is a regional group of the Australian Native Plants Society Australia.

Related People

Caulfield, Harold (1918 - 1994)
President 1957 - 1962
Hockings, Francis David (David) (1928 - 2017)
Foundation Member, 1957 - 1989; President 1982 - 1985; Honorary Life Member, Queensland Region 1989 - 2017

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

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1508885. Details

Christine Moje

Created: 4 July 2012

Foundation and Current Supporter - Bjarne K Dahl Trust

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