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SYDNEY 
Botanic GARDENS OF NEw SoutH WALES 
New South Wales, Australia 
Established: 1816, Area: Garden 62 acres; park 129 additional 
acres, 
Directors (Curators): 
Charles Frazer (1828-1831) 
John McLean (1832-1833) 
Richard Cunningham (1833-1835) 
James Anderson (1835-1837 ) 
Allan Cunningham (1837-1838 ) 
James Anderson (1838-1842 ) 
. William Robertson (1842-1844 ) 
James Kidd (1844-1847 } 
9. John Carne Bidwell (1847-1848 ) 
10. Charles Moore (1848-1896) 
11. J. H. Maiden (1896-1924) 
12. G. P. Darnell-Smith (1924-1933) 
(The title “ Director” was discontinued on the retire- 
ment of Dr. Darnell-Smith) 
13. Edwin Cheel (1933- 
Appointed as Botanist and Curator of the National Her- 
barium 
13a. E. N. Ward, Curator of the Gardens (1933-7) 
14. R. H. Anderson (1937) 
hae as a ee park. Open free daily, / 
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a.m. to 6 p.m. in 
summer; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in winter. Source of income: Annual 
appropriations ee the State. Library: Reference. About 5090 
ee and 10,000 pamphlets. Herbariuim: About 500,000 speci- 
ens iganmnce Gets and cryptogams). Museum: Open free, 
WMenaye to Fridays, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are no loan 
collections for schools. Students from the University attend for 
lectures on Forestry and special studies. Living material for 
a limited number of herbarium specimens for special study at High 
Schools. Exchanges are made with leading Botanical Institutions 
throughout the world. 
