Planning for Conservation of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens

Authors

  • John Taylor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600003330

Keywords:

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, planning for conservation, horticultural history

Abstract

Rockhampton is the principal city of Central Queensland. In the nineteenth century the city and the colony of Queensland were pursuing the policies of settlement, development and growth followed by the other colonies of Australia and in the British Empire.

Author Biography

  • John Taylor

    John Taylor trained in forestry in Australia and overseas. He worked in forestry in Victoria for twenty years before becoming Manager of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in 1986. He was Director of Parks and Gardens and then Manager Open Space Planning in Brisbane City from 1993 to 1999, and is now a consultant and gardener in Brisbane

References

Taylor, J., Lennon, J., O'Connor, P., Girle, R., and Bell, S., Rockhampton Botanic Gardens Conservation Management Plan, (Rockhampton City Council 2001).

The Burra Charter: the Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 1999.

Queensland Government Gazette, (Brisbane: Government Printer) 1869: 1731 and 1871: 1047.

Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, 27 Sept. 1873.

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 1876, Vol. 3.1876: 995.

Op cit.

Op cit: 996.

The Queenslander, Brisbane, Aug. 1883: 295–6.

Edgar, Alfred, Rockhampton Botanic Gardens – their Genesis and Development together with Sundry Items of Interest (typescript), Rockhampton and District Historical Society Collection, Central Queensland University Library: 5.

Op cit: 8.

Queensland Post Office Directories, 1900–05.

Baker, K. C., The Garden Story: an Historical Review of a Century of Development at the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, (Rockhampton City Council 1969): 21.

Op cit: 17.

Op cit: 5.

Op cit: 17–19.

Op cit: 24

Frawley, Jodi, Rockhampton Botanic Gardens: A Preliminary History (typescript), (Rockhampton City Council and Environmental Protection Authority 1999): 14.

Baker, op cit: 24.

McDonald, Lorna, Rockhampton: a History of City and District, (St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1981): 181, 531.

Published

2003-11-01

How to Cite

Taylor, J. (2003). Planning for Conservation of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens. Queensland Review, 10(2), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600003330