AGHS Annual Report 2019-2020
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2019-2020 and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2020.
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Dig In! with TROVE
Gardeners have long built and re-built communities. Great swathes of land and some important Australian gardens were lost or significantly damaged in the fire and hailstorms of the 2019-2020 summer. In keeping with the AGHS mission to promote awareness through […]
Shirley Stackhouse OAM
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Shirley Stackhouse interviewed on 23 November 2006 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Shirley Stackhouse was virtually brought up in her grandfather’s rose nursery. George Henry Heers, was the Director of Dairying for the Department […]
Cedric Bryant
Interview Recording Part 1 Part 2 Interview Transcript Cedric Bryant interviewed on 15 May 2019 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Cedric seizes opportunities at every turn: he recounts a story of enterprise and endeavour. He discusses his family’s background […]
Max Bourke AM
Interview Recording Part one: Part two: Interview Transcript Max Bourke interview on 20 November 2019 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Interview summary – Max Bourke 19 November 2019 A selection of Max Bourke’s writings: The Analysis of […]
Pialligo Redwood Forest
This video tells the history of the unusual Pialligo Redwood plantation in Canberra, recently stressed by drought and then by bushfire. Luckily the Sequoia trees are resilient and regrowth is already visible, ensuring the trees and their important heritage values […]
A Gardener’s City: Canberra’s Garden Heritage
Canberra, the Garden City and Capital of Australia is recognised as one of the best examples in the world of a planned city. It has millions of mature trees and other plantings in what was an unforgiving limestone plain, providing […]
2019 Annual National Conference
Expanding Horizons In 2019 the Australian Garden History Society held its 40th Annual National Conference at the National Museum of New Zealand,Wellington on 25–27 October 2019. Conference presentations were given by: James Beattie – Chinese market gardening in New Zealand: exchange […]
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 […]
AGHS Annual Report 2018-2019
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2018-2019.
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
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, […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 Annual Report 2017–18
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2017-2018.
2017 Annual National Conference
For information on our conference in 2017 please contact the AGHS National Office.
AGHS Financial Statements – 2017
The Australian Garden History Society financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2017 are now available to download.
AGHS Annual Report 2016–17
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS 2016-17 annual report.
2016 Annual National Conference
For information on our conference in 2016 please contact the AGHS National Office.