Adelaide - Botanic Garden and Park

The establishment of the gardens is reported in the Register,
8 June 1839, pages 3a-6a; also see
25 January 1840, page 4d,
29 May 1841, page 4b,
22 February 1842, page 3a,
10 June 1853, page 2f,
9 May 1854, page 2f,
26 October 1854, page 3g,
19 January 1855, page 3f;
Observer,
13 May 1854, page 2f (supp.).

"Peeps at Pioneers - Introduction of Plants" is in the Register,
6 and 8 June 1914, pages 17d and 9d.

"Early Botanic Gardens" is in the Advertiser,
5 October 1935, page 10c; also see
Chronicle,
3 November 1938.

A history of the garden is in the Observer,
14 August 1875, page 3d (supp.),
18 January 1930, page 30d,
Register,
6 September 1879 (supplement).

Information on the old Botanic Gardens is in the Register,
9 November 1859, page 3d;
Advertiser,
22 September 1859, page 2f, "Memories of 1839" is in the Advertiser,
7 July 1913, page 15e.

"Explorer and Botanist - Ferdinand von Mueller in Australia" is in the Register,
16 August 1921, page 9a.
"Baron von Mueller - Interesting Career Recalled" is in the Advertiser,
30 June 1925, page 17e.

"The Botanic Gardens - Fifty Years Ago" is in the Register,
18, 19 and 21 October 1907, pages 6f, 8d and 6e,
Observer,
26 October 1907, page 49,
"The Botanic Gardens First Year" on
20 June 1914, page 48a;
Observer,
7 April 1860, page 4d.

The reminiscences of Charles Lodge are in the Register,
27 July 1922, page 7f.

Information on the performance of a German band in the gardens is in the Register,
28 November 1857, page 2h.

"Animals at the Botanic Gardens" is in the Register,
3 March 1860, page 3a.
"The Ladies and the Tiger" is in the Observer,
5 May 1866, page 4g; also see
7 March 1868, page 14b.
A consignment of animals to the "zoological department" is reported in the Observer,
1 February 1868, page 9d; also see
9 May 1868, page 13c;
the importation of birds on
11 June 1870, page 8c.

"The Mortality at the Botanic Gardens" is in the Advertiser,
31 August 1860, page 3e.

The opening of Botanic Road is reported in the Observer,
13 October 1860, page 3e.

"New Seeds From the Interior", donated by Messrs Chambers and Finke on behalf of John McD. Stuart, is in the Chronicle,
12 October 1861, page 2g.

The opening of a fountain is reported in the Observer,
16 November 1861, page 4f,
Register,
13 November 1861, page 3g; also see
8 November 1865, page 2c,
19 July 1867, page 2d.
A photograph of a sketch of it at this time is in the Chronicle,
9 November 1907, page 30.

"Botanic Gardens - Old Reports and Correspondence" is in the Register,
6 August 1925, page 13f;
historical notes appear on
20 September 1926, page 7e.

Information on the garden is in the Observer,
10 September 1864, page 2f (supp.).

The death of G.W. Francis, curator, is reported in the Register,
10 and 11 August 1865, pages 2h and 2f.

The Botanic Garden is described in the Observer,
11 November 1865, page 6d,
Register,
31 October 1866, page 2f and
28 January 1868, page 2e,
Chronicle,
25 August 1866, page 1c (supp.),
29 September 1866, page 4e; also see
Register,
18 September 1866, page 2d,
Express,
6 October 1868, page 2d,
Register,
2 and 3 October 1868, pages 2e - "Selfish thieves... have been lately robbing the Botanic Garden of some of its choicest plants..."

Further references are to be found on in the Register,
4 February 1869, page 2c and
18 October 1869, page 2f.
Later, "... a market gardener... was arrested... the charge [was] stealing some valuable geraniums..." - see Register,
14 August 1869, page 2d.

Concerts are discussed in the Register,
9 and 16 November 1866, pages 2d and 2d.
"Music at the Botanic Gardens" is in the Register,
2 October 1873, page 5a.
"Sunday Concerts in the Park" is in the Register,
5 March 1886, page 7h.
"Sunday Afternoon Concert" is in the Register,
15 January 1894, page 5b.
"Sunday Amusements" on
22 March 1894, page 6b.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
2 August 1913, page 31,
27 September 1919, page 27.
"Sunday in the Park" is in The Mail,
17 May 1919, page 2g.

"Statues for the Botanic Gardens" is in the Register,
7 May 1867, page 2h; also see
12 March 1929, page 5c.
Also see Adelaide - Statues and Memorials.

Information on the Victoria Regia House is in the Register,
13 August 1868, page 2e,
7 September 1868, page 3a,
2 October 1868, page 2e,
26 July 1870, page 5c.

Also see Chronicle,
27 February 1869, page 6c,
Register,
16 June 1870, page 5b,
10 February 1871, page 4e,
Chronicle,
11 February 1871, page 8e,
Register,
4 March 1872, page 4e,
19 February 1873, page 4e,
9 February 1874, page 5a,
Chronicle,
21 February 1874, page 6f,
Observer,
28 February 1874, page 13g,
Register,
13 March 1874, page 5a,
24 April 1874, page 4f,
8 June 1874, page 5c,
27 January 1875 (supp.), page 2b,
26 February 1875, page 5a,
11 March 1875, page 6d,
15 March 1875, page 6f,
Farmers Weekly Messenger,
20 November 1874, page 5a,
17 March 1876, page 1,
Observer,
27 March 1875, page 10a,
Register,
27 April 1875, page 5a,
10 December 1875, page 5c,
Chronicle,
14 October 1876, page 9d.

Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
January 1876,
April 1881, page 56,
the Australasian Sketcher,
13 May 1876, page 21,
Frearson's Weekly,
5 October 1878, page 249.

Open air services are discussed in the Observer,
12 September 1868, page 5c;
the gardens are described on
12 September 1868, page 5e.

Biographical details of Dr R. Schomburgk are in the Chronicle,
12 April 1873, page 7a;
an obituary appears on
28 March 1891, page 22e.
"A Tribute to the Memory of the Late Dr Schomburgk" is in the Observer,
29 August 1891, page 42b.

A poem "dedicated to Dr Schomburgk" is in The Adelaide Punch,
4 March 1869, page 64.

Information on the "Museum" is in the Observer,
15 January 1870, page 3c,
18 January 1879, page 21d,
11 October 1879, page 11e,
8 February 1890, page 30c.
A series of weekly articles on the museum commences in the Observer
21 May 1881, page 883a; also see
8 October 1881, page 11b,
11 November 1882, page 30a.

"Jottings from the Botanic Garden" is in the Observer,
6 December 1873, page 9f. Also see
Register,
22 and 23 January 1877,
4 May 1877, page 4f,
5 April 1880, page 4c,
19 June 1884, page 6f,
1 May 1885, page 4e,
20 January 1886, page 7f,
7 May 1886, page 4h,
17 June 1887, pages 4g-6h,
8 February 1893, page 7e,
28 July 1894, page 6b,
22 April 1899, page 7a.

"Flagrant Larrikinism" in the gardens is reported in the Observer,
14 October 1876, page 7c.
Also see Adelaide - Larrikinism.

Also see Register,
22 and 23 January 1877,
4 May 1877, page 4f,
5 April 1880, page 4c,
19 June 1884, page 6f,
1 May 1885, page 4e,
20 January 1886, page 7f,
7 May 1886, page 4h,
17 June 1887, pages 4g-6h,
8 February 1893, page 7e,
28 July 1894, page 6b,
22 April 1899, page 7a.

The opening of Palm House is reported in the Register,
23 January 1877, page 5d,
Express,
23 January 1877, page 2f.

"The Botanic Museum and Park" is in the Register,
15 March 1879, page 4g.

"The Experiments in the Botanic Gardens" is in the Register,
5 April 1880, page 4c.

A poem entitled "Botanic Garden Effluvia" is in The Lantern,
17 November 1877, page 13.

A letter complaining about the condition of animals in the "Zoological Department" is in the Register,
2 June 1881, page 7a.
Also see Adelaide - Zoological Gardens.

A "prize fight" is reported in the Chronicle,
2 July 1881, page 11d.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Boxing.

The opening of the Botanic Park Carriage Drive is reported in the Register,
19 and 21 June 1884, pages 6f and 6b,
Express,
21 June 1884, page 2f; also see
20 January 1886, page 7c;also see
Register,
20 January 1886, page 7f,
Observer,
21 and 28 July 1884, pages 11b and 36b,
23 January 1886, page 33b,
Register,
11 December 1884, page 7d.

A cartoon on "Sunday Amusements at Botanic Park" is in The Lantern,
11 October 1884, page 4.

"Spring Rambles in the Botanic Gardens" is in the Advertiser,
24 August 1886, page 6c,
14 September 1886, page 5f; also see
15 April 1887, page 6b;
Observer,
2 July 1887, page 11c.

"Religion and Politics in the Botanic Park" is in the Register
18 September 1886, page 6h.

"Immorality at the Botanic Gardens" is the cause for complaint in the Register,
17 September 1886, page 6d:

It has been my painful lot to have been an eye-witness to the scandalous way in which a dozen or more big larrikins and larrikinesses... assemble in front of the garden gates... Disgusting language is at a discount and the bell-bottomed, high-heeled, hat-cocked larrikin chews and spits in the faces of his admirable companions...

A labour dispute at the garden is reported in the Register,
8, 9 and 13 October 1888, pages 5c, 7e and 5h; also see
3 and 12 February 1890, pages 7d and 6g,
1 September 1891, page 6c.

Information on the Botanic Park Cricket Club is in the Express,
22 August 1888, page 7e,
24 August 1891, page 4b.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany.

Biographical details of Maurice W. Holtze are in the Observer,
9 May 1891, page 27d; also see
4 and 11 July 1891, pages 29d and 11a,
Register,
8 July 1915, page 4g,
Observer,
10 July 1915, page 32d;
an obituary of Dr M.W. Holtze is in the Register,
15 October 1923, page 9e.

A raid upon "dossers" in the Botanic Park is reported in the Register,
22 March 1894, page 7c,
Observer,
24 March 1894, page 31b.

"The People's Garden" is in the Register,
28 July 1894, page 6b,
Observer,
4 August 1894, page 33b.

"The Botanic Gardens and Retrenchment" is in the Observer,
14 September 1895, page 15b.

A "History and Progress" is reported in the Advertiser,
26 January 1897, page 7a.

"The Botanic Park on a Sunday Afternoon" is in the Register,
11 February 1895, page 4h,
Observer,
16 February 1895, page 29e,
Register,
11 February 1895, page 4h,
Observer,
17 April 1897, page 13d,
"Park Oratory" in the Register,
2 August 1902, page 5a,
27 May 1925, page 9d; also see
10 February 1903, page 6d,
"Sunday at the Park" on
30 July 1903.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
August 1890, page 105.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
2 August 1913, page 31,
27 September 1919, page 27.
"Botanic Park Orator [Fined]" is in the Register,
15 December 1925, page 12g
"People We Meet - Sunday in the Park" is in the Register,
30 July 1903, page 6g.
"Sunday in the Park" is in The Mail,
8 June 1912, page 5c.
The Mail,
17 May 1919, page 2g,
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.

A field naturalists excursion is reported in the Register,
16 May 1899, page 7e.
A cartoon is in The Lantern,
9 October 1886, page 8.

Information in respect of creek drainage into the garden is in the Register,
3 April 1900, page 4i.

Photographs are in The Critic,
8 June 1901, page 28.

"Starving the Botanic Garden" is in the Register,
8 and 13 December 1904, pages 6d and 6f; also see
24 and 25 January 1905, pages 4c and 7d,
18 May 1905, page 6d,
24 and 26 January 1906, pages 6g and 3g.

"Jubilee of the Botanic Gardens" is in the Register,
2 June 1905, page 4e.
A Botanic Garden jubilee is reported in the Register,
10 May 1907, page 4f.
Information on its jubilee is in the Express,
2 June 1905, page 4g,
Advertiser,
14 and 19 October 1907, pages 9c and 8e.

Laying the foundation stone of the kiosk is reported in the Register,
25 July 1906, page 7c and
its opening on
23 March 1907, page 13e;
a photograph is in the Chronicle,
30 March 1907, page 38c,
Observer,
18 May 1907, page 28;
The Critic,
23 March 1910, page 28.

Biographical details of Henry Scott, President of the Zoological Society, are in the Register,
28 July 1906, page 9f.

"Saturday Afternoon Sketches" is in the Register,
15 June 1907, page 12h,
"The Botanic Garden - Fifty Years Ago" on
18, 19 and 21 October 1907, pages 6f, 8d and 6e.

"Sensation at Botanic Park - Speaker Turned a Somersault" is in the Register,
7 and 9 October 1907, pages 5a and 6g.

"An Obsolete Rosery" is in the Register,
21 November 1907, page 10g.

Complaints about "Sunday Trading at the Botanic Gardens" are in the Register,
26 January 1909, page 3g; also see
3 August 1909, page 9a,
"A Floral Paradise" on
26 February 1910, page 6b,
"Where Beauty Reigns" on
18 October 1913, page 16f; also see
13 January 1913, page 9e.

Photographs of "a hot day at the Botanic Gardens" are in the Chronicle,
5 February 1910, page 32.

"A Pond of Lilies - Best in the World" is in the Advertiser,
27 December 1911, page 11d,
"A Bold Scheme of Extension" on
20 and 21 August 1912, pages 9b and 8c.

"Park Oratory" is in the Register,
5 February 1912, page 7b.

A cartoon of a political meeting is in The Critic,
9 April 1913, page 3.

An obituary of N. Holtze, Curator of the Experimental Garden, is in the Observer,
31 May 1913, page 41a.

An "Anti-Defence Act Meeting" is reported upon in the Register,
16 June 1913, page 6h.

Biographical details of Mr Muecke, "the grand old man of botany", are in the Observer,
11 July 1914, page 37a,
of Professor Osborne, director, in the Register,
4, 8 and 13 May 1916, pages 5d, 7f and 8d.

The reminiscences of F. Manson Bailey are in the Register,
8 June 1914, page 9d.

A photograph of the gardens' governors is in the Observer,
5 September 1914, page 30.

"Rioting at Botanic Park" is in the Register,
16, 17 and 23 August 1915, pages 4h, 8g and 7b.

"Botanic Park Oratory" is in the Observer,
5 February 1916, page 36c,
Register,
10 February 1922, page 3g.

Biographical details of F.J. Bailey, Director of the Botanic Gardens, are in the Register,
10 February 1917, page 9c,
Observer,
7 April 1917, page 36a,
Register,
2 and 5 April 1917, pages 7a and 6h,
19 July 1917, page 5c.

"Botanic Garden Statuary" is in the Register
14 November 1917, page 6d,
8 February 1919, page 9b,
Observer,
17 November 1917, page 29d,
"Nature's Mirror" in the Register
22 June 1923, page 6h,
14 July 1923, page 7f.

"Botanic Park Oratory" is in the Observer,
5 February 1916, page 36c.

"Botanic Park - Haunt of Undesireables"is in The Mail,
12 July 1919, page 2h.

"The Simpson Bushhouse" is in the Register,
20 September 1919, page 6d.

"More Land for Botanic Gardens" is in the Register,
15 October 1919, page 7b.

"No More War", a Botanic Park demonstration, is reported in the Register,
30 July 1923, page 9c,
3 and 10 August 1923, pages 13f and 11e.

Religious services in the park are commented upon in the Advertiser,
29 January 1924, page 10b.

"Free Speech - Botanic Park Controversy" is in the Advertiser,
8 May 1925, pages 13c-16c; also see
27 May 1925, page 14c and
The News,
15 May 1925, page 6g;
Register,
12 and 20 June 1925, pages 11d and 8e.

"Peter Pan - A Statue for the Botanic Gardens" is in the Advertiser,
4 August 1925, page 16a.

"Botanic Park Arrests - IWW Speakers Charged" is in the Register,
20, 21 and 28 September 1926, pages 7e-9f, 8f and 8f; also see
23 and 30 October 1926, pages 8h and 9g,
1, 8 and 10 November 1926, pages 8h, 8g and 11e.

"A Garden Artist - Chat With Mr A.E. Fairhall" is in the Observer,
1 January 1927, page 11b.

"A Park Orator" is in the Observer,
1 September 1928, page 71b,
"Botanic Garden Orators" on
15 December 1928, page 92b.
"Park Orators Air Their Views" is in The News,
10 June 1936, page 6g.

The gardens are described in the Advertiser,
7 October 1929, page 14g.

"Lessons in the Botanic Gardens" is in the Advertiser,
14 March 1931, page 7g; also see
The Mail,
17 February 1934, page 1.

"Park Orators Air Their Views" is in The News,
10 June 1936, page 6g.

"Among the Speakers in Botanic Park" is in The News,
15 February 1937, page 4f.

An essay on marram grass is to be found under Adelaide - Beaches & Bathing