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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-12-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-06-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007147b.htm person Pink James AACR2 c. 1836 1923 Place of Death Wellington Park, Queensland, Australia Gardener Nurseryman James Pink was a gardener and nurseryman who was active in Sydney in the 1870s before moving to Brisbane. There he worked at the Queensland Acclimatisation Society's garden at Bowen Park and the Brisbane Botanic Garden. Between 1881 and 1886, while Head Gardener at the Botanic Garden, he created vistas through the vegetation, paved the paths, and exercised the skill in bedding design for which he was well-known. After leaving the Garden he established an orchard and, in partnership with Alexander Cowan, established Badgers Nursery which specialised in fruit trees and roses. Pink published papers on lawn grasses, plant hybridisation and fruit culture. c. 1870 c. 1870 Career position - Gardener, Bowen park for Queensland Acclimatisation Society and Brisbane Botanic Gardens 1881 1886 Career position - Head Gardener, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Cowan, Alexander Menzies ( - c. 1920) Queensland Acclimatisation Society (1862 - 1940s)

Gardener at the Society's Bowen Park 1870s

 Brisbane Botanic Gardens (1855 - )

Head Gardener 1881 - 1886

 'Pink, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pink, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Aitken, Richard and Looker, Michael The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens Melbourne Oxford University Press 2002