Dr. Pauline Payne on Richard Schomburgk
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2007
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Payne, Pauline
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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
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