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Royal Botanic Gardens Annual Report 1999/2000 Board Victoria Nulrpr 1999/2000 Annual Report 3822_RBG Annual Cover 14/5/01 11:27 AM Page 1 Royal BotanicRoyal Victoria Board Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens Annual Report 1999/2000 Board Victoria Annual Report 1999/2000 Conserving Australia’s Plants for the Future Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Birdwood Avenue South Yarra Victoria Australia 3141 Telephone (03) 9252 2300 Facsimile (03) 9252 2350 E-mail [email protected] Internet site www.rbgmelb.org.au 3822_RBG Annual Cover 14/5/01 11:27 AM Page 2 Maps and Contact Details Definitions Royal Botanic Gardens Development Program Friends of the Royal Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria (RBG) refers to the entire organisation, Birdwood Avenue Melbourne Melbourne Inc. South Yarra Victoria which comprises the Royal Botanic Contents Birdwood Avenue Gate Lodge Gardens Melbourne, the Royal Botanic Australia 3141 South Yarra Victoria Page Birdwood Avenue Gardens Cranbourne, the National Telephone (03) 9252 2300 Australia 3141 South Yarra Victoria Herbarium of Victoria, and the Australian Definitions, Cover Image, Contents (inside front cover) Facsimile (03) 9252 2350 Telephone (03) 9252 2303 Australia 3141 Research Centre for Urban Ecology. E-mail [email protected] Facsimile (03) 9252 2386 Telephone (03) 9650 6398 Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Values, Charter, Mission 1 Internet site www.rbgmelb.org.au Donations to the Royal Botanic Facsimile (03) 9650 7723 (RBG Melbourne) refers to the Royal Gardens of more than $2 are Botanic Gardens situated in South Yarra. The Year in Brief 2 Royal Botanic Gardens tax-deductible. The Royal Botanic Friends of the Royal Cranbourne Gardens is an authorised recipient Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne Major Highlight - Conserving Plant Biodiversity 4 1000 Ballarto Road institution in the Federal Cranbourne Inc. (RBG Cranbourne) refers to the Royal Government's Cultural Gifts Cranbourne Victoria Mr Max Officer Botanic Gardens situated in Cranbourne. Chairman's Foreword 6 Program. Australia 3977 23 Swan Road The National Herbarium of Victoria refers Director's Report 7 Telephone (03) 5990 2200 Voluntary Guides Murrumbeena Victoria to the building situated on the north-east Australia 3163 Facsimile (03) 5990 2250 Co-ordinator corner of the intersection of Birdwood The Organisation 8 E-mail [email protected] Telephone (03) 9569 5542 Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, South Royal Botanic Gardens Facsimile (03) 9563 2692 Yarra. It houses the State Botanical Corporate Governance 10 Internet site www.rbgmelb.org.au Melbourne Collection and the Office of the Director of Australian Research Centre Telephone (03) 9252 2300 Board Members 12 the Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria. for Urban Ecology Design: Mackay Branson design Volunteers Co-ordinator The State Botanical Collection refers to Corporate Management Group 13 c/o School of Botany Copyright (c) Royal Botanic Gardens the collection of preserved botanical The University of Melbourne National Herbarium of Melbourne 2000 specimens, books and periodicals, Generous Financial Support 14 Parkville Victoria Victoria photographic images, paintings, drawings Australia 3052 Telephone (03) 9252 2300 and other materials and documents as Strategic Priorities 16 Telephone (03) (03) 8344 0146 defined in Section 3 of the Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991. Annual Outputs The Australian Research Centre for Plant Sciences 18 Urban Ecology (ARCUE) refers to the CARLTON Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria’s Management of Administered Assets 26 research unit based at the School of Melbourne East Botany, The University of Melbourne. Its Visitor Programs 30 MELBOURNE CBD Melbourne activities are overseen by a board of Businesses 32 Flinders Street management operating as a committee of Melbourne Park MONASH FWY Station Tennis Centre the Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria, MCG Volunteers, Support Groups and Honorary Associates 34 SOUTH MELBOURNE SOUTH MELBOURNE Victorian with funding support provided by The Arts Centre Y a te r ra Southga R iv B Baker Foundation. e u r s Our Employees 36 6 RICHMOND 0 DANDENONG 5 Casino Myer A Richmond Station Music le S x Cover Image: a The image on the front cover of this t . Bowl n National K d Outlook 38 i r l d a City Road 1 Gallery of a A Annual Report is a specimen from a tree called STH GIPPSLAND HWY Kings v R e Olympic Park Victoria o Domain Tram a Corymbia terminalis (MEL 232293), otherwise known d Lych Gate G T Financial Overview 40 r as Desert Bloodwood. It was collected by naturalist a ay m H B s i treet r estgate Freew 3 d Government and explorer, Sir Joseph Banks, in 1770 during W , w 5 o , House Tram 55 6 o A , d Sturt S 8 A Captain James Cook’s voyage around the world on Financial Statements 42 , v Observatory CRANBOURNE 1 e ROYAL 6 n , u Gate 6 e BOTANIC the HMS Endeavour. 4 B , 6 Shrine GARDENS 7 , Kingsway 7 Dr Ferdinand von Mueller, the first Director of the Appendices 58 ROYAL BOTANIC 2 F C Royal Botanic Gardens, subsequently named the GARDENS E Dorcas Street D Domain Road species in 1859. This specimen is now one of over CRANBOURNE Tram 8 Anderson Street Compliance Index 67 Punt Road et 1.2 million specimens in the State Botanical Stre Park Collection carefully preserved at the National Maps and Contact Details (inside back cover) SOUTH YARRA Herbarium of Victoria. Today, plant scientists use the latest technology to extract and examine DNA (the genetic material in cells) from selected plant specimens. Colourful patterns represent genetic characteristics that enable us to identify, compare and understand the relationships between species. Student Patrick Ong from Pinewood Primary School learns about the importance of the world’s precious plants, through the Get Your Garden Growing education program. Values In our dealings with staff, visitors and clients, and in our management of issues and performance on a day-to-day basis, we are committed to the values of achievement, excellence, fairness, innovation, integrity, professionalism and trust. Developing our culture to produce and support these values is critical to our future corporate success. Living these values will facilitate the achievement of our Mission. Charter Under the Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991, the objectives of the organisation are: To conserve, protect and improve the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Cranbourne and managed land and their collections of living plants To conserve and enhance the State Botanical Collection and the National Herbarium of Victoria To provide for the use of the State Botanical Mission Collection or plants or plant specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Cranbourne for scientific or reference purposes, consistent with To advance the knowledge accepted international practice and enjoyment of plants, To increase public knowledge and awareness of and to foster their plants and plant communities conservation, in order to To provide for the use of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Cranbourne for education, public give people a better enjoyment and tourism understanding of the essential part that plants play in all life on earth. 1 The Year in Brief 40 Water Conservation Garden Redeveloped 39,260 With the generous 30 35,740 34,736 assistance of South East No. of students (000's) No. Water and our shared 20 commitment to excellent water conservation 23,010 practices, the Water Conservation Garden at 10 the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne has been redeveloped. The Garden 0 now displays a colourful Year 96/9797/98 98/99 99/2000 variety of plants from both Shop Assistant, Simon Meadows Number of students who participated Australia and other in Education Service programs assists a customer to select a countries that have low special botanically themed gift. at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Cranbourne water requirements and are Community Embraces well suited to Melbourne's climate. The RBG always Observatory Gate The Most Comprehensive Reference on implements water-wise The refurbishment of the Victoria's Precious Flora practices and encourages Old Melbourne Observatory The fourth and final volume of the Flora of Victoria was the community to adopt and the opening of the new completed during 1999/2000. Thirteen years in the making, such activities. Interpretive Observatory Gate precinct the Flora is the only comprehensive primary reference of the signs at the Garden provide have proved to be most plants of Victoria and is the benchmark for botanical studies valuable information for successful for the Royal in the State, advancing the conservation and management visitors, advising them how Botanic Gardens of Victorian plant species. It has enabled many poorly to use water efficiently and Melbourne, and a very understood groups of plants to become better known by how to create their own popular experience with botanists, leading to a deeper understanding of their water conservation garden Melburnians and visitors ecology and conservation requirements. The fourth volume at home. alike. As a result, visitation brings together, for the first time, a large body of recent to RBG Melbourne has taxonomic research on important groups, such as increased by 20%, reaching Asteraceae (daisies). The Asteraceae is the largest plant 1.86 million visits per year. family in the State and includes many species of conservation During the year 7,004 significance, as well as many environmentally threatening customers enjoyed the weed species. variety of tours and walks available from the new Visitor Centre. Record sales have been achieved at The 2000 100 Gardens Shop, budget projections were met at Observatory Café, and total 1500 75 net revenue for the 1,862,084 No. of visitors (000's) No. No. of visitors (000's) No. expanding functions and 74,930 71,222 1,565,212 1,543,494 events business increased 68,000 1000 50 by more than 135% from the previous year. Peter Elliott Architects Pty Ltd 500 25 was awarded the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Melbourne Prize 0 for the architectural design 0 Year 97/98 98/99 99/2000 Year 97/9898/99 99/2000 of the stunning modern Visitation to the Royal Botanic facility accommodating the Visitation to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Gardens Cranbourne 2 visitor centre, shop and café.
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