Historical information

Appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p 59.

Physical description

Black and white photograph. Plant Research Laboratory. 3 copies. Also known as Plant Research Institute. In the background on the left, the Pavilion and on the right, the egg-laying competition poultry pens.

Inscriptions & markings

(A) on reverse, "Plant Research Laboratory Nov 1928. Completed Dec 1928. Occupied January 1929. AW. Jessep." Appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p 59. (B) and (C) Smaller copies, on reverse, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Dept of Agriculture Ref. No. 1981 (889-10)." At the time there were a few specimens of eucalyptus camaldulensis between this building and Swan Street, otherwise it was bare ground and was known to students as Siberia.