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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 Audiotapes |
| 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 |
| Appears in Collections: | Friends of the University of Adelaide Presentations |
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| Pauline Payne Dr.mp3 | 12.22 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
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