Data

Colonial Plants Database

Museum Metadata Exchange
Historic Houses Trust (NSW) (Managed by)
Viewed: [[ro.stat.viewed]] Cited: [[ro.stat.cited]] Accessed: [[ro.stat.accessed]]
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2FANDS&rft_id=http://www.hht.net.au/research/colonial_plants&rft.title=Colonial Plants Database&rft.identifier=HHT00007&rft.publisher=Museum Metadata Exchange&rft.description=This database includes more than 11,000 listings of plants known to be available in the colony of New South Wales up until the 1860s. The database is compiled from several sources including Botanic Gardens records, nursery catalogues and manuscript plant lists created by colonists such as Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleay (1767-1848).&rft.creator=Anonymous&rft.date=2017&rft.coverage=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia&rft_subject=Garden history&rft_subject=Horticulture&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data

Access:

Other view details

Some material included in this collection may be subject to copyright

Brief description

This database includes more than 11,000 listings of plants known to be available in the colony of New South Wales up until the 1860s. The database is compiled from several sources including Botanic Gardens records, nursery catalogues and manuscript plant lists created by colonists such as Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleay (1767-1848).

Significance

This database is a work in progress: the listings are being progressively checked against the original source, editorial additions such as historical and taxonomical notes are being made systematically and, where possible, botanical illustrations derived from publications contemporaneous with the plant lists are being attached to each listing. When this process is completed, further listings may be added from other sources.For scholars interested in Australian garden history; in landscape heritage; in the history of the commercial cultivation of Australian native plants as nursery species; and in the history of the introduction and distribution of exotic plants into Australia the database provides a significant dataset as an underpinning for further research.

Data time period: 1817 to 1863

This dataset is part of a larger collection

Click to explore relationships graph

Spatial Coverage And Location

text: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Subjects

User Contributed Tags    

Login to tag this record with meaningful keywords to make it easier to discover

Identifiers