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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV) are botanic gardens across two sites–Melbourne and Cranbourne. [1] Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a new botanic garden. It extends across 38 hectares (94 acres) [2] that slope to the river with trees, garden beds, lakes and lawns.
The herbarium was established in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller, the Government Botanist for Victoria, and is situated within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. The present building was constructed in 1934 through a donation from philanthropist Sir Macpherson Robertson. It, along with a 1989 extension, houses the entire collection of 1.5 ...
The collection is divided into the Specimen Collection, which includes 1.5 million preserved plants, algae and fungi, and the Library, Archive and Botanical Art Collection. [2] It is housed in the National Herbarium of Victoria, located at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Melbourne site. [3]
The Separation tree is a heritage listed [1] [2] Eucalyptus camaldulensis tree, [3] commonly known as a red river gum, located in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne in Victoria. [ 4 ] Found on the Tennyson Lawn the tree was one of two original river red gums that were along the banks of the swampy billabong which makes up part of ...
38 Florida Road, Palm Beach: NSW ACGM [6] No. 15 ... Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens: Birdwood Avenue, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria VIC ABGG [1] #16 pp. 103–108
In 1970 the site was named as a division of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, with a focus on Australian plant research and conservation. The gardens were not opened to the public until 1989. The Australian Garden was planned and developed over several years, finally opening to the general public on 30 May 2006, and attracting 15,000 visitors ...
William Robert Guilfoyle (8 December 1840 – 25 June 1912) was an English landscape gardener and botanist in Victoria, Australia, acknowledged as the architect of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and was responsible for the design of many parks and gardens in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
From 1857 to 1873, he was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, and not only introduced many plants into Victoria, but also made the excellent qualities of the blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) known all over the world, and succeeded in introducing it into the south of Europe, North and South Africa, California, and the extratropical ...