Rockhampton Botanic Gardens
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Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, 2010
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| Location | 100 Spencer Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°24′03″S 150°29′29″E / 23.4007°S 150.4915°ECoordinates: 23°24′03″S 150°29′29″E / 23.4007°S 150.4915°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1873 - 1930s |
| Official name: Rockhampton Botanic Gardens | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 23 July 1999 |
| Reference no. | 601819 |
| Significant period | 1873-1930s (fabric) 1869, 1873 (historical) 1869-ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | aviary, gate - entrance, kiosk, fernery, tree groups - avenue of, clock - floral, steps/stairway, memorial - obelisk, orchard, zoological garden, residential accommodation - staff housing, trees/plantings, sports facilities, drainage, clubroom/s / clubhouse |
 Location of Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in Queensland
Location of Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in Queensland
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Rockhampton Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden at 100 Spencer Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1873 to 1930s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 July 1999.
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens are located on a 33-hectare site west of the Athelstane Range and bordered by the Murray Lagoon and Yeppen-Yeppen Lagoon. A series of established gardens combine to create an education and recreation retreat at the southern edge of the city. A complex site, now incorporating both built and natural environments, the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens has enjoyed continuous use since opening in 1873.
The Rockhampton Botanic Gardens was gazetted as public gardens in 1869. Between 1868 and 1872, three sites were gazetted as botanic gardens for Rockhampton. The influence of Anthelme Thozet, a local botanist and collector, is thought to have prevailed in the selection of the Spencer Street site. The proximity to a constant water supply, in the adjacent Murray Lagoon, and striking vistas from the western slopes of the Athelstane Range were primary considerations for a successful botanic gardens site.
The development of the first ten acres of the 100-acre site commenced after the curator James Scott Edgar took up residence in a modified dairy shed on the grounds in 1873. Edgar was trained in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and this first section to be developed is still known as the lower gardens. Local Botanist Thozet, Ferdinand von Mueller of Melbourne Botanic Gardens and Walter Hill of Brisbane City Botanic Gardens contributed material for the garden. The Queensland Acclimatisation Society was also active in providing plant stock and seed material to the new curator. Edgar maintained a professional link between these and other international botanic gardens, collecting specimens and distributing seed stock developed in Rockhampton as well as receiving plants and seeds for propagation in the gardens.
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