ii Illustrations Where indicated by their individual catalogue numbers, illustrations are from the Mitchell Library, Dixson Library and the Dixson Galleries Collection, State Li- brary of NSW, Sydney. Illustrations are also drawn from the Daniel Solander Library, Royal Botanic Gardens and from private collections as indicated. Rosebank, Woolloomooloo, the Residence of James Laidley (detail), 1840, by Conrad Martens, ML DG V* / Sp Coll / Martens / 5 Digitalis purpurea, in William Curtis, Flora Londinensis, 1777, Daniel Solander Library, RBG Castle Hill, ca 1806. Watercolour, ML PX*D 379 Map. The City of Sydney, 1888, Hill, ML M3 811.17s/1888 Map. ‘County of Cumberland’, ca 1868, in Atlas of the Settled Counties of New South Wales, Basch, 1872, ML F981.01/B 1 Rosebank, Woolloomooloo, the Residence of James Laidley, 1840, by Con- rad Martens, ML DG V* / Sp Coll / Martens / 5 2 Aboriginal Fisheries, Darling River, New South Wales, ML PXA 434/12 3 Japanese garden, Hiroshima-ken, Gaynor Macdonald, 1988 4 Rainbow, Turill, Wonnarua Country, Gaynor Macdonald, 2009 5 Panoramic Views of Port Jackson, ca 1821, drawn by Major James Taylor, engraved by R Havell & Sons, Colnaghi, London, ca 1823, ML V1 / ca 1821 /6 6 Frog Rock, Wiradjuri Country, Gaynor Macdonald, 2005 7 State Ball in Australia. Kangaroo Dance, in Native Scenes, 1840–1849?, P H F Phelps, DL PX 58 8 Hand Stencils, in Album Including Drawings of Snakes and Aboriginal Rock Art, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, 1876–1897, by J S Bray, ML PXA 192 9 Pteris tremula, in Item 07: Dried Specimens of Ferns, ca 1860–1872, by Louisa Atkinson, ML R 815 10 Yulgilbar, by Rose Elizabeth Selwyn, DL PX 62 iii Illustrations 11 Yulgilbar Station, by Ellen Bundock, ML PXA 2693 12 Salisbury Court, New England, by Conrad Martens, ML PXC 973 13 Seed Annual, Arthur Yates & Co, ML Q635.05/6 1898–99 14 Governor’s House at Sydney, Port Jackson, 1791, by William Bradley, in William Bradley—Drawings from His Journal ‘A Voyage to New South Wales’, 1802+, ML Safe 1 / 14 15 General Catalogue, J & W Gelding, ML 635.96905/13 16 Gelding’s Victoria Nursery, Summer Hill, Illustrated Sydney News, 1 September 1883, p 9 17 Pymble, 1887, photographer unknown, ML SPF / Sydney — Suburbs — Pymble, 1887 (2) 69 18 Pelargonium australe (Geranium), by John Lewin, in Botanical Sketches of Australian Plants, 1803–1806, SAFE / PXC 304 19 The Peppermint Tree, in John White, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, Appendix, Plate 23, J E Smith, 1790, ML Rare Books MRB/Q991/2A2 20 Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove), in William Curtis, Flora Londinensis, 1777, Daniel Solander Library, RBG 21 Tarmons, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Residence of Sir Maurice O’Connell, 1845, by G E Peacock, ML 148 22 Couple on the Front Veranda of Their Shingle Roof, Rendered House with Front Garden, Hill End, by American & Australasian Photographic Com- pany, ML ON 4 Box 10 No 70163 23 The Tea Tree of New South Wales, in John White, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, Appendix, Plate 24, J E Smith, 1790, ML Rare Books MRB/ Q991/2A2 24 Interior of the Exhibition Building Prince Alfred Park, 1870 exhibition, Illustrated Sydney News, 6 September 1870, p 4 25 Horticultural Society’s Flower Show in Botanical Gardens, Illustrated Sydney News, 16 November 1866, p 1 26 The 1869 Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition, Illustrated Sydney News, 9 June 1869, p 208 117 27 The Agricultural Society’s 1870 Exhibition in Prince Alfred Park, Illus- trated Sydney News, 6 September 1870, p 37 28 Giant bamboo at Bronte House, by Georgiana Lowe, ca 1842–1850. Georgiana Lowe—Album of Drawings of New South Wales, ca 1842–1850, ML SAFE / PXD 390 29 Elizabeth Heneretta [sic] Villa …, 1820, by R Read, ML V1A/P Pip/2 30 View of Vaucluse House, Illustrated Sydney News, 22 October 1869 31 Government House, Sydney, ca 1850, by G E Peacock, ML ZDG 206 32 Wotonga, by M F Moresby, 1858, in Photographic Views of Sydney, Vol 3, 1858–1941, ML PX*D 305 33 Daceyville Garden Suburb, ca 1911, ML GPO 1 — 38467 iv Illustrations 34 Lynch’s Court, off Clarence Street, Sydney, ca 1875, ML SPF / 525 35 Daceyville Garden Suburb—The Entrance, ML GPO 1 — 30618 36 Matraville Soldier Settlement, ML GPO 1 — 38587 37 Australian Agricultural Company’s Estate—Hamilton, 1914, ML TP/ N20/1 38 Panoramic View of Hyde Park & Elizabeth St, Sydney, 1871, American & Australasian Photographic Company, ML SPF / 220 39 The Garden, Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville, in Scenes of Gladesville Hospital, ca 1900–1927, ML PXA 635 / 283-286 40 Sabal Mexicana Princeps, Taken in Botanical Gardens for Mr Maiden, ML GPO 1 — 34606 41 Robinson, The Sub-Tropical Garden, 2nd edn, 1879, cover 42 Seaforthia elegans (Conservatory Palm), in Robinson, The Sub-Tropical Garden, 2nd edn, 1879 43 Interior of Bush House, 1916, ML GPO 1 — 31846 44 Eveline Alice Rogers (1881–1946), ca 1900, Rogers Family Archives, Collection Catherine Rogers 45 ‘Open Sewer’, Howard St Ultimo Before Resumption by Council, Sam Hood, ca 1906, ML Home and Away — 7388 46 Magrath’s Lane, Kent Street, Sydney, December 1875, ML SPF / 524 47 Hollywood Viewed from William Street, Burwood, mid-1880s, Rogers Family Archives, Collection Catherine Rogers 48 The Backyard of Hollywood, Looking North West, ca 1906, Rogers Fam- ily Archives, Collection Catherine Rogers 49 (Francis) Cecil Rogers, Alice’s younger brother, Hollywood, ca 1896, Rogers Family Archives, Collection Catherine Rogers 50 Retford Park House with the Cottages, Stables and Coach House, in Hordern Family—Photographic Albums, ca 1865–1925, ML PXA 918 / vol 10 51 Carriageway, Retford Park House, in Hordern Family—Photographic Al- bums, ca 1865–1925, ML PXA 918 / vol 8 52 Motorists in Front of Retford Park House, in Hordern Fam- ily—Photographic Albums, ca 1865–1925, ML PXA 918 / vol 8 53 Disused Service Road to Retford Park House, Sue Rosen, 2011 v GARDENS OF HISTORY AND IMAGI- NATION Gardens of History and Imagination GROWING NEW SOUTH WALES Edited by Gretchen Poiner and Sybil Jack Copyright Published by Sydney University Press The University of Sydney Library www.sydney.edu.au/sup Copyright © 2016 Sydney University Press Copyright of the original text of individual chapters is retained by their authors. Reproduction and communication for other purposes: Except as permitted under the Act, no part of this edition may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or communicated in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All requests for reproduction or communication should be made to Sydney University Press at the address below: Sydney University Press Fisher Library F03 The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Email: [email protected] National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Gardens of history and imagination: growing New South Wales / edited by Gretchen Poiner and Sybil Jack. ISBN: 9781743324561 (paperback) ISBN: 9781743324578 (ebook: epub) ISBN: 9781743324585 (ebook: Kindle) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Gardens—Social aspects—New South Wales. Gardening—Social aspects—New South Wales. Gardening—History—New South Wales. Frontier and pioneer life—New South Wales New South Wales—Social conditions—1788–1900. New South Wales—Economic conditions—1788–1900. New South Wales—History—1788–1900. viii Copyright Dewey 994.02 Number: Other Creators /Contributors: Poiner, Gretchen, editor. Jack, Sybil M, editor. Design & layout: Catherine Rogers Layout & production: Sue Wiles This project has been undertaken by members of the New South Wales Chapter of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia Inc., www.isaa.org.au. Cover illustration: Rosebank, Woolloomooloo, the Residence of James Laidley (detail), 1840. Watercolour by Conrad Martens. Inside front and back covers: Castle Hill, ca 1806. Watercolour, unsigned and undated. Back cover: Digitalis purpurea (detail), 1777. Hand-coloured copperplate print. ix The editors gratefully acknowledge the permission granted to reproduce extracts from the following works: A D Hope, ‘A Letter from Rome’, from Collected Poems 1930–1970, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1975. Reproduced by arrangement with the licensor, the A D Hope Estate, c/- Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd. Barry Maitland, Bright Air, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, 2009. Repro- duced by permission of the publisher. Les Murray, ‘The Idyll Wheel’, from Dog Fox Field, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1990. Reproduced by permission of Margaret Connolly and Associates. Kenneth Slessor, ‘Chokers Lane’, from Darlinghurst Nights and Morning Glories, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1933. Reproduced by permission of ETT Imprint, Sydney. Judith Wright, ‘The Forest’, from Judith Wright Selected Poems, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1963. Reproduced by permission of the Judith Wright Estate. x The Botanic Garden of Sydney is certainly one of the finest features of the town … I have no hesitation in say- ing that I have seen no botanic garden in Europe kept in better order. John Gould Veitch But an idyll of land had brought us here in ships from the far side of the year. In the evening of our youth we’d stand in good broad cloth, the spokes of one hand on our belly, beneath oaks of a vast idea … Les Murray Yet there is something strange I would agree In those dumb continents below the line. The roots are European but the tree Grows to a different pattern and design: Where the fruit gets his flavour I’m not sure, From native soil or overseas manure. A D Hope When I first knew this forest Its flowers were strange. Their different forms and faces changed with the season’s change— white violets smudged with purple, the wild-ginger spray, ground-orchids small and single haunted my day; the thick-fleshed Murray-lily, flame-tree’s bright blood, and where the creek runs shallow, the cunjevoi’s green hood.