Person

Cowan, Alexander Menzies ( - c. 1920)

Died
c. 1920
Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Gardener

Summary

Alexander Cowan, after training as a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, migrated to Queensland in 1880. After several years working in Brisbane nurseries, he was appointed Head Gardener at the Brisbane Botanic Garden in 1886, succeeding James Pink. Disagreement with the Board of Trustees led Cowan to resign in 1889. In the early 1890s he was in partnership with Pink in Badgers Nursery, which specialised in fruit trees and roses. From c.1895 Cowan was Superintendent of Rottnest Park, Western Australia. He is believed to have died c.1920.

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Chronology

1886 - 1889
Career position - Head Gardener, Brisbane Botanic Gardens

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See also

  • Aitken, Richard and Looker, Michael eds, The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2002), 700 pp. p.164. Details

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