Historical information
George Seddon, Gardener and Foreman, Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Carole Townsend, daughter of George Seddon at opening of the "Faces in the Street: Portraits of Ballarat Lives" exhibition at the Gold Museum. Courier newspaper. Also Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, 1954. Also snow in the gardens, November 1949 at 7.30am, matron and nursing sisters from the Ballarat Base Hospital.
Significance
Firsthand account of a Gardener and Foreman of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens for 25 years, c.1952-1977.
Physical description
All visible
Inscriptions & markings
All visible
Subjects
- john garner collection,
- garner,
- dr,
- seddon,
- gardener,
- ballarat,
- ballarat botanical gardens,
- interview,
- townsend,
- courier,
- newspaper,
- gardens,
- foreman,
- tom beaumont,
- keel house,
- quarantine,
- begonias,
- statues,
- ballarat city council,
- changes in the ballarat botanical gardens over time.,
- queen elizabeth,
- mayor,
- 1954,
- snow,
- nurses