Corporate Body

Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan (1984 - )

State of New South Wales

From
1984
Mount Annan, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Botanic garden, Conservation or Environment and Horticulture
Alternative Names
  • Mount Annan Botanic Gardens (Also known as)
Website
http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/annan/
Location
Mount Annan Drive, Mt Annan, New South Wales

Summary

The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, formerly known as Mount Annan Botanic Gardens, is the native plant garden of the New South Wales Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Displaying over 4000 plant species on 416 hectares of land, it is the largest botanic garden in Australia.

Details

Chronology

2012
Business event - Construction commences on PlantBank, a plant conservation research facility on site of the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Related People

  • Leishman, Alan

    Advisor to the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney on the initial planting and management of a bird habitat at Mount Annan.

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details

Resources

Christine Moje

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