Acclimatisation Society gardens, Lawnton
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Mature trees in the Acclimatisation Society gardens, 2007
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| Location | Bray Road, Lawnton, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°16′20″S 152°58′13″E / 27.2723°S 152.9703°ECoordinates: 27°16′20″S 152°58′13″E / 27.2723°S 152.9703°E |
| Official name: Remnants of former acclimatisation society gardens at Lawnton | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape) |
| Designated | 8 May 2009 |
| Reference no. | 602703 |
| Significant period | 1910s |
 Location of Acclimatisation Society gardens, Lawnton in Queensland
Location of Acclimatisation Society gardens, Lawnton in Queensland
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Acclimatisation Society gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden at Bray Road, Lawnton, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 8 May 2009.
The remnant pecan nut grove in the former Queensland Acclimatisation Society Gardens at Lawnton, a residential suburb north of Brisbane in the then Shire of Pine (later Shire of Pine Rivers and Moreton Bay Region), contain a number of mature trees which are all that remain of a dense grove planted by the society between 1915 and World War II. They are dispersed around Stephen Lawn Park and a number of adjacent, privately owned properties.
Acclimatisation in the nineteenth century was scientifically understood to mean the process by which animals and plants gradually adapt to climatic and environmental conditions different to those that prevailed in their original habitats. The interest in acclimatisation derived from early theories that the environment could bring about evolutionary change in species. In Australia, however, scientific theory was not a primary motivation and acclimatisation came to represent simply the exchange of plants and animals with other countries.
Acclimatisation societies were established in all of the Australian colonies in the mid to late 19th century. These societies formed part of an international network of other acclimatisation societies and botanical gardens, including Kew in the United Kingdom, which exchanged plants and animals. Imported fauna and flora was kept in the societies' gardens and distributed to their subscribers and other interested parties. At times, exotic plants and animals were released into the wild.
From its inception in 1862 at the instigation of the Governor of Queensland, Sir George Bowen, the Queensland Acclimatisation Society focussed on contributing to the development of Queensland's fledgling agricultural industry. It imported plants that had commercial potential and conducted experiments to determine if they could be adapted to Queensland's tropical and sub-tropical climate. Plants researched included sugar cane, bananas, cotton, apples, pineapples, pasture grasses, maize, olives, mangoes, pecan nuts and macadamia nuts. Many of these became important agricultural crops in Queensland.
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