Cliff Beauglehole was an orchardist at Portland, Victoria, who throughout hislife took an intense interest in the plants of Victoria. Over his lifetime he collected 90,000 plant specimens as part of a comprehensive study of Victoria's plants and wrote thirteen books under the heading The Distribution and Conservation of Vascular Plants in Victoria, each written to cover the 13 study areas of the Victorian and Conservation Council.A mounted botanical specimen.beauglehole herbarium, herbarium specimen, botany, herbarium, plant science, plant specimen, field naturalists' club ballarat, federation university herbarium, sambucus gaudichaudiana, white elderberry, caprifoliaceae

Photograph: black and white photo of Elderberry tree at rear of Symbester House. Tree is almost leafless. In rear of photo is house and shed in distance, panelling fence immediately behind tree, with iron chair (?) visible on LH side of photo.cottage, miners, elderberry tree, symbester house