University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The South Bourke Standard, The Horticultural Society, 1864
... ornamental garden broken up...the south bourke standard floods ornamental garden broken ...
Cop[y of article in "The South Bourke Standard" 29 July, 1864 p3. Description of the Annual Meeting of the Society. The December flood had destroyed the fruit tree plantings. The Government had refused a request to grant them more suitable land to the north so part of the ornamental section had to be broken up and planted with fruit trees.the south bourke standard, floods, ornamental garden broken up, fruit trees, fruit trees destroyed, refusal of government funding, government funding
