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visited Swan River in 1826-7, Moreton Bayin 1828, and afterwards 

 Tasmania, and wrote excellent accounts of the vegetation of those 

 districts. Although the name of Fraser. as Colonial Botanist, was 

 included in the list of members of Oxley's first expedition, 

 published in the appendix to his book, as a document enclosed in 

 Governor Macquarie's instructions to him, it is stated in a 

 biographical notice of Allan Cunningham, contained in Hooker's 

 "Journal of Botany," that he met Fraser (for the first time?) at 

 the depot established on the Lachlan River, and that Fraser was 

 attached to the expedition for the purpose of collecting for 

 Lord Bathurst. 



In 1829, the boundaries of the land reserved for the Gardens, 

 &c, were notified ; they included, not only the site of the present 

 Gardens, but also the outer Domain, the Garden Palace grounds, 

 the present Government House grounds, Bennelong Point 

 where Fort Macquarie now stands, the site of the old 

 Government House, the Circular Quay, Obelisk Square, and 

 what are now called Hyde, Phillip, and Cook Parks. The 

 nucleus of the Gardens was then in existence, but a not incon- 

 siderable portion of the reserved land was little more than a 

 preserve for "Five-Corners" (Styphelia viridis) and "Geebungs" 

 (Persoonia lanceolata), and the public were only admitted on 

 sufferance. 



Fraser died in 1831, when John McLean became acting-super- 

 intendent until the arrival in 1833, and also after the death, of 

 Richard Cunningham, who had been appointed in Fraser's place, 

 and who was murdered by the blacks in 1835. 



Mr. Robinson, on the recommendation of the Macarthurs of 

 Camden, was then appointed temporarily, until Allan Cunning, 

 ham took his brother's place in 1837 ; but Allan Cunningham 

 resigned in the same year and died in 1839. 



In 18 40, Mr. John Anderson, botanist to King's expedition to 

 South America, &c. was appointed superintendent, and made 

 considerable collections in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



On the death of Anderson in 1842, Mr. James Kidd was 

 placed temporarily in charge ; at this time the Gardens were under 



