After our ‘Expanding Horizons’ 2019 conference in New Zealand, an increased awareness of and interest in plants native to Aoteoroa in Australian gardens might be arising. From the Society’s 2013 ‘Gardens with Altitude’ conference in Armidale comes this paper by […]
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2018-2019.
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Thomas Garnett MA OAM interviewed on 7 November 2002 by Jane Holth Synopsis Tom talks about his interest in garden history as being established in the UK before he came out to Australia in […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Dr Sophie Ducker interviewed on 6 September – 21 October 2002 by Jane Holth Reference The following Journal contains an article on Dr Sophie Ducker: Australian Garden History, Vol. 30 No. 1 Jul 2018, […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Dr Miranda Morris interviewed on 14 June 2003 by Sallyann Dakis Synopsis Dr Miranda Morris became involved in the Australian Garden History Society whilst working for the School of Environmental Design at the Tasmanian […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Fairie Nielsen interviewed in October 2004 by Sallyann Dakis Synopsis Fairie (Mary) Nielsen, who described herself as ‘just a farmer’, was asked to join the Tasmanian Australian Garden History Society branch committee in 1984 […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Mary Dougan interviewed on 6 and 21 September 2006 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Mary Dougan was a sprightly 104 when interviewed in September 2006 for the AGHS Oral History Collection. Well known in garden […]
Interview Recordings Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Interview Transcript Victor Crittenden OAM interviewed on 20 October 2010 by Roslyn Burge Narrative Transcript Victor Crittenden OAM interviewed on 20 October 2010 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Victor Crittenden OAM […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Professor Richard Clough AM interviewed on 9 December 2003 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Richard Clough was born in 1921 in Wagga Wagga where his family had been since the 1850s. He described early influences… […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Chris Betteridge interviewed on 20 March 2007 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Chris was the original landscape and environmental specialist in the Heritage and Conservation Branch of the NSW Department of Planning from 1978 and over […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Jan Gluskie interviewed on 4 December 2003 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis The first Sydney Branch Committee met in August 1993 and by the end of the year learnt it was to present the National […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript John Viska interviewed on 11 October 2018 by Patsy Vizents Synopsis John Viska is the current Chairman of the WA branch of the Australian Garden History Society and has held the position three times. […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE, interviewed on 9 September 2002 by Jane Holth Synopsis Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was interviewed on 9 September 2002, by Jane Holth, for the Australian Garden History Society Oral History […]
Dr Jessica Hood featured on the ABC 7:30 Report on Monday 1st April, 2019. Everyone at AGHS wishes Jess all the best in her new role at Heritage Victoria. “I was on ABC 730 tonight talking about this and other […]
Gardens in Times of Peace and Conflict In 2018 the Australian Garden History Society held its 39th Annual National Conference in the Southern Highlands, NSW, on 29–29 October 2018. The Report of the 39th Annual National Conference: Part 1 Introduction […]
Programme of International Symposium “Tree avenues – from War to Peace” 12 & 13 November 2018 – Liffol-le-Grand (France) Presentation by Stuart Read, AGHS National Management Committee member Stuart Read, Landscape architect, horticulturist and expert member of ICOMOS-IFLA international scientific […]
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2017-2018.
For information on our conference in 2017 please contact the AGHS National Office.
The Australian Garden History Society financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2017 are now available to download.
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS 2016-17 annual report.
For information on our conference in 2016 please contact the AGHS National Office.
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the 2015-16 Annual Report.
For information on our conference in 2015 please contact the AGHS National Office.
AGHS Victorian Branch: Tree Forum – now available on YouTube On Friday 29 May 2015, the Victorian Branch of the AGHS held a full day forum; Trees – Natural & Cultural Values, at the State Library of Victoria. Ten esteemed […]
In 2014 the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Garden History Society held the 35th Annual National Conference in Albany, WA over three days in October. A selection of eminent professionals spoke at the conference on topics varying from the […]
Produced by Sydney and Northern New South Wales member, Stuart Read this list of heritage fruit growers and plants around Australia is a fascinating resource. Click here to download
In 2013 the Australian Garden History Society held the 34th Annual National Conference in Armidale, NSW. Papers presented at the conference included: Early European settlement in New and Jillian Oppenheimer Gardening in the cool uplands of New England: how people […]
The ‘English Garden’ and Yarralumla Nursery The English Garden and Yarralumla Nursery are two of Canberra’s heritage treasures. Preserving this heritage is an ongoing task to which the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch has helped contribute. In 1914 the fledgling nursery […]
The compilation of the 2012 Conference presentation papers is now available to download here.
In 2008 the Southen Highlands branch of the Australian Garden History Society held the Annual National Conference in Bowral, NSW. The theme of the conference was From Wilderness to Pleasure Ground: discovering the garden history of the Southern Highlands. Papers […]