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| Type: | Recording, oral |
| Title: | Dr. Pauline Payne on Richard Schomburgk |
| Author: | Payne, Pauline |
| Publisher: | Radio Adelaide |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Organisation: | Friends of the University of Adelaide Library
Radio Adelaide
University of Adelaide |
| Subject: | Schomburgk, Richard, 1811-1891.
Schomburgk, Richard, 1811-1891 Travel Guyana
Payne, Pauline. Diplomatic gardener
Adelaide Botanic Garden History
Adelaide Botanic Garden Management
Botanists South Australia Biography
Botanical gardens South Australia Adelaide History
Botany South Australia History 19th century
Science History 19th century
Authors Anecdotes
Guyana Discovery and exploration
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| Description: | Pauline Payne speaks about Schomburgk and the research for her recently launched book. Trained as a gardener in Germany, Richard Schomburgk survived explorations in British Guiana before emigrating to South Australia as the second director, 1865-1891, of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. He was responsible for the iconic Moreton Bay Fig Walk, the first Victoria Lily House, the old Palm House and the Museum of Economic Botany, and the planting of Botanic Park
Talk recorded at the University of Adelaide, Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, 10 Apr. 2008, at a free public talk hosted by the Friends of the University of Adelaide Library |
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