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Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne

1000 Ballarto Road, CRANBOURNE VIC 1000 - Property No G13109

G13109

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135237

Gardener's Cottage - Royal Botanic Gardens

Plant Craft Cottage

Birdwood Avenue,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B3430

Small slate-roofed brick cottage c. 1851, with iron-roofed weatherboard front section of slightly later date with delicate cast-iron verandah valance and ornamental timber bargeboards; more recent timber additions at rear obscure the earliest section. The first occupant was the Government Botanist, F von Mueller when first appointed Director of Botanic Gardens. Classified: 21/03/1974

B3430

State
186390

Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Birdwood Avenue, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No G13009

The Royal Botanic Gardens, commenced in 1846, developed in conjunction with the National Herbarium by Ferdinand Mueller from the 1850s, comprehensively relandscaped from 1873-1909 by William Guilfoyle, with his design maintained by subsequent directors, is of international cultural significance: Historically: - for the manner in which the rapidly growing colony of Victoria (fuelled after 1851 by wealth from the gold rushes) attracted figures such as La Trobe, ... more

G13009

International
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