Long Views And Short Vistas: Victorian's 19th Century Public Botanic Gardens
Author: Gwen Pascoe
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: 9781921875823
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: November 2012
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Description
Modelled closely on the English urban public parks and gardens, they often fitted oddly into the colonial regional setting. It was the dedication of men such as Mueller and Guilfoyle, directors of Melbourne Botanic Gardens, and many others in charge of the regional gardens that shaped them.