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Long views and short vistas

Cover of Long Views and Short Vistas: Victoria’s nineteenth-century public botanic gardens

Author: Gwen Pascoe
Price: $49.95
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing, with assistance from State Library Victoria
Available to read in the Library

Author Gwen Pascoe explores the story of botanic gardens established in Melbourne and Victorian towns in the second half of the 19th century.

Utilising many of the Library collections, Pascoe details these gardens' establishment, geographical suitability, maintenance, finance and more. Ultimately, the book asks whether these gardens were botanic or public in nature.