Document, Sticker Warrnambool Botanic Gardens 150 years A Growing Legacy, 2016

Historical information

This sticker was issued to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens. These Gardens were first established in the early 1850s on a site near the mouth of the Hopkins River but this site proved unsuitable and the Gardens were moved to the present location (Cockman Street/ Botanic Road) in 1866. In 1877 William Guilfoyle was commissioned to provide a plan for the Botanic Gardens . A prominent curator was Charles Scoborio 1872 to 1906.

Significance

This sticker is a minor interest as a memento of the 150th anniversary in 2016 of the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens

Physical description

A white sheet of paper containing a circular shaped sticker with blue print and a logo in green and purple. The printing is in black and purple.

Inscriptions & markings

Warrnambool Botanic Gardens 150 years A GROWING LEGACY

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