Jacaranda trees in New Farm Park, c1958.

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Jacaranda trees in flower, New Farm Park, 1958. Slide by Patrick Conaghan, Private Collection

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan, Private Collection

Jacaranda trees in flower, New Farm Park, 1958

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan, Private Collection

The interest in potentially economically valuable plants (for food, timber, dyes, fabric, and drugs) was part of the concerted effort given by colonial governments towards providing botanic gardens

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