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New Zealand Plants

New Zealand plants in Australian gardens

After our ‘Expanding Horizons’ 2019 conference in New Zealand, an increased awareness of and interest in plants native to Aoteoroa in Australian gardens might be arising. From the Society’s 2013 ‘Gardens with Altitude’ conference in Armidale comes this paper by […]

Thomas Garnett MA, OAM

Tom Garnett MA, OAM

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Thomas Garnett MA OAM interviewed on 7 November 2002 by Jane Holth   Synopsis Coming soon…   Reference Obituary Thomas Garnett MA, OAM, 2006      

Dr Sophie Ducker AM Oct-2002

Dr Sophie Ducker AM

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Dr Sophie Ducker interviewed on 6 September – 21 October 2002 by Jane Holth   Reference The following Journal contains an article on Dr Sophie Ducker: Australian Garden History, Vol. 30 No. 1 Jul 2018, […]

Miranda Morris

Dr Miranda Morris

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Dr Miranda Morris interviewed on 14 June 2003 by Sallyann Dakis   Synopsis Dr Miranda Morris became involved in the Australian Garden History Society whilst working for the School of Environmental Design at the Tasmanian […]

Fairie Nielsen

Fairie Nielsen

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Fairie Nielsen interviewed in October 2004 by Sallyann Dakis   Synopsis Fairie (Mary) Nielsen, who described herself as ‘just a farmer’, was asked to join the Tasmanian Australian Garden History Society branch committee in 1984 […]

Mary Dougan 2007

Mary Dougan

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Mary Dougan interviewed on 6 and 21 September 2006 by Roslyn Burge   Synopsis Mary Dougan was a sprightly 104 when interviewed in September 2006 for the AGHS Oral History Collection. Well known in garden […]

Victor Crittenden OAM

Victor Crittenden OAM

Interview Recordings Part 1 Part 2 Part 3   Interview Transcript Victor Crittenden OAM interviewed on 20 October 2010 by Roslyn Burge Narrative Transcript Victor Crittenden OAM interviewed on 20 October 2010 by Roslyn Burge   Synopsis Victor Crittenden OAM […]

Professor Richard Clough AM

Professor Richard Clough AM

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Professor Richard Clough AM  interviewed on 9 December 2003 by Roslyn Burge   Synopsis Richard Clough was born in 1921 in Wagga Wagga where his family had been since the 1850s. He described early influences… […]

Chris Betteridge

Chris Betteridge

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Chris Betteridge interviewed on 20 March 2007 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Chris was the original landscape and environmental specialist in the Heritage and Conservation Branch of the NSW Department of Planning from 1978 and over […]

Jan Gluskie 2018

Jan Gluskie

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Jan Gluskie interviewed on 4 December 2003 by Roslyn Burge   Synopsis The first Sydney Branch Committee met in August 1993 and by the end of the year learnt it was to present the National […]

John Viska Oct-2018

John Viska

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript John Viska interviewed on 11 October 2018 by Patsy Vizents   Synopsis John Viska is the current Chairman of the WA branch of the Australian Garden History Society and has held the position three times. […]

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE

Interview Recording   Interview Transcript Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE, interviewed on 9 September 2002 by Jane Holth   Synopsis Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was interviewed on 9 September 2002, by Jane Holth, for the Australian Garden History Society Oral History […]

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ABC Interview with Dr Jessica Hood AGHS Vice Chair

Dr Jessica Hood featured on the ABC 7:30 Report on Monday 1st April, 2019. Everyone at AGHS wishes Jess all the best in her new role at Heritage Victoria. “I was on ABC 730 tonight talking about this and other […]

2018 Annual National Conference

Gardens in Times of Peace and Conflict In 2018 the Australian Garden History Society held its 39th Annual National Conference in the Southern Highlands, NSW, on 29–29 October 2018. The Report of the 39th Annual National Conference: Part 1 Introduction […]

Fraser Ave Kings Park Perth WA

Tree Avenues – from War to Peace – by Stuart Read

Programme of International Symposium “Tree avenues – from War to Peace” 12 & 13 November 2018 – Liffol-le-Grand (France) Presentation by Stuart Read, AGHS National Management Committee member Stuart Read, Landscape architect, horticulturist and expert member of ICOMOS-IFLA international scientific […]

AGHS National Oral History Project

In 2001, as the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Society approached, the Australian Garden History Society initiated a program of oral histories (the National Oral History Collection). Some branches of the Society have also conducted interviews within their […]

Tree Forum presentations – now available on YouTube

AGHS Victorian Branch: Tree Forum – now available on YouTube On Friday 29 May 2015, the Victorian Branch of the AGHS held a full day forum; Trees – Natural & Cultural Values, at the State Library of Victoria. Ten esteemed […]

2014 Annual National Conference – Albany

In 2014 the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Garden History Society held the 35th Annual National Conference in Albany, WA over three days in October. A selection of eminent professionals spoke at the conference on topics varying from the […]

2013 Annual National Conference – Armidale

In 2013 the Australian Garden History Society held the 34th Annual National Conference in Armidale, NSW. Papers presented at the conference included: Early European settlement in New and    Jillian Oppenheimer Gardening in the cool uplands of New England: how people […]

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ACT Branch: The ‘English Garden’ and Yarralumla Nursery

The ‘English Garden’ and Yarralumla Nursery The English Garden and Yarralumla Nursery are two of Canberra’s heritage treasures. Preserving this heritage is an ongoing task to which the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch has helped contribute. In 1914 the fledgling nursery […]