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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-07-25 human Christine Moje updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005247b.htm corporateBody Kings Park and Botanic Garden AACR2 1872 Start Place West Perth, Western Australia, Australia Location West Perth, Western Australia Conservation or Environment Botanic garden Horticulture Most of the area now designated as Kings Park and Botanic Garden was set aside for 'public purposes' in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor James Stirling and Surveyor General John Septimus Roe. An additional 175 hectares was added in 1872, and in 1890 more land was added again, bringing it up to its current size of 400 hectares. Further development of the park under John Forrest, Premier of Western Australia, occurred between 1892 to 1895, when the park was named 'The Perth Park'. The name was changed in 1901 to 'Kings Park' to mark the accession of King Edward VII to the British throne. The Botanic Garden opened in 1965. With a focus on local flora, it shows the phenomenal diversity of Western Australian wildflowers growing nowhere else on earth. Grieve, Brian John (1907 - 1997)

Member of the Board 1959 - 1978

 Hopper, Stephen Donald (1951 - )

Director 1992 - 1999

 Beard, John Stanley (1916 - 2011)

Director 1961 - 1970

Trove

 'Kings Park and Botanic Garden', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kings Park and Botanic Garden Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A Joy Forever: the Story of Kings Park and Botanic Garden Erickson, Dorothy A Joy Forever: the Story of Kings Park and Botanic Garden West Perth Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority 2009 Book: Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia Canberra Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 1999 Resource: Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2002 Journal Article: Grosvenor Selk - Kings Park Curator and Volunteer Keighery, Greg Grosvenor Selk - Kings Park Curator and Volunteer 2010 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 142 6-8