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The Acclimatisation Society Gardens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Catherine Brouwer
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The Acclimatisation Society Gardens are lost but there are surviving fragments in the present day Bowen Park and the old Exhibition Building gardens. There are some photos and Society records which survive in archives, but there are many tantalising, yet missing parts to the story. This paper attempts to reconstruct the story of an important aspect of early Brisbane's cultural history.

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Special Issue: TROPICAL PLEASURES: A Focus on Queensland Gardens. Papers of the 24th National Australian Garden History Society, Brisbane 11–13 July 2003.
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Queensland Review , Volume 10 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Tropical Pleasures: A Focus on Queensland Gardens. Papers of the 24th National Australian Garden History Society, Brisbane 11-13 July 2003. , November 2003 , pp. 37 - 46
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 

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