P005172 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-06-28 human Christine Moje updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005172b.htm corporateBody Australian National Botanic Gardens AACR2 Canberra Botanic Gardens 1949 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Location Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory Conservation or Environment Plant Science Botanic garden Horticulture The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ABNG) manages a collection of native Australian plants, displayed for the enjoyment of visitors as well as being studied in plant classification and biology research.

Although land was set aside to create a botanic gardens in Canberra, it was not until the 1940s that the first trees were planted, and it took a further two decades until the gardens were opened to the public in 1967, with the official opening in October 1970. In 1978 the name was changed from Canberra Botanic Gardens to Australian National Botanic Gardens in recognition of the national role of the institution.

 Court, Arthur Bertram (1927 - 2012)

Assistant Director, National Collections 1983 - 1989

 West, Judith Gay (Judy) (1949 - )

Executive Director 2009 - 2015

 Streimann, Heinar (1938 - 2001)

Botanist 1972 - 1993

 Pryor, Lindsay Dixon (1915 - 1998)

Supervised the early development of the Australian National Botanic Gardens 1945 - 1958

 Taylor, Joan Margaret (1929 - 2017)

Gardener and technical assistant c.1970s - 1990s

 Crisp, Michael Douglas (Mike) (1950 - )

Research scientist and Curator of the herbarium 1975 - 1989

 Burgess, Colin Ernest Bryce Hawthorne (1907 - 1987) 1961 1972

Botanist

 Wrigley, John Walter (1934 - 2014) 1967 1981

Curator of the former Canberra Botanic Gardens.

 Fagg, Murray Allan (1947 - ) 1980

Director of Visitor Services, later joined the Bioinformatics Group as a manager of at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

 Australian National Herbarium (1984 - )

Trove

 'Australian National Botanic Gardens', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Australian National Botanic Gardens Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta Fagg, Murray Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta Australian National Botanic Gardens 2009 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

Source used to compile entry

 Book: Miracle on Black Mountain: a history of the Australian National Botanic Garden Beer, Don Miracle on Black Mountain: a history of the Australian National Botanic Garden Braddon, A.C.T. Halstead Press 2022 Book: Preliminary checklist of Australian Orchidaceae Clements, M. A. Preliminary checklist of Australian Orchidaceae Canberra Department of the Capital Territory 1982