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Domain to the entrance of the Gardens near the stone fountain. 
The Garden gates were closed, but an attendant was waiting to 
open the gates for his Excellency and party, after which the 
citizens could enter the Garden. I do not know the date on 
which the Garden was first thrown open on Sunday mornings. 
" Allan Cunningham, on his return from New Zealand, returned 
to his lodgings in Elizabeth Street, thoroughly broken down in 
health. On June 24, 1839, he was removed from his lodging to 
his old official cottage in the Botanic Gardens for change of scene 
and air. Heward says: 'On Thursday, the 27th, his last breath 
was sighed away in the arms of his faithful friend, James 
Anderson ' (his successor in the superintendence of the Garden). 
He died of consumption, a martyr to geographical exploration and 
botanical science, in the 48th year of his age. 
" From this passage it is clear that Cunningham died in the 
Botanic Gardens. The old cottage, sacred through associations 
with such a man, was demolished less than :H> years ago. Its site 
was a little north of the Levy Fountain, and a photograph of it, 
taken in the Fifties, is still in existence. 
"Allan Cunningham was buried in the Church of England 
portion of the Devonshire Street Cemeouw, and a marble tablet to 
his memory was erected in St. Andrew's Scots Church similar in 
size to that which he had erected in rememhrance of his brother 
Richard. 
"in is 14, as ih>- .in riptiou states, an obelisk to Allan's memory 
was erected on the small island ii: the course of the creek which 
flows through the garden to Farm Cove. At this time the tide 
nearly came up to the ohclisk, but hllhm-in operations now leave 
tne obelisk some distance inland. At the demolition of tne 
Devonshire Street Cemetery the present writer took steps with 
the view to the removal of Cunningham's remains. These remains 
(very few) were reverently removed on Mav 25, 1901, and the 
ing of them in a small leaden casket in a cavity in the 
obelisk took place in his presence and in that of Mr. George 
Harwood, the superintendent, and a few friends, on June 26. 
Thus the obelisk in the Botanic Gardens which has for so many 
years been a memorial of Allan Cunningham is now also his 
tombstone. His first tombstone is carefully preserved. 
"Allan Cunningham is one of the trio (Robert Brown and 
Ferdinand Mueller being the others) of botanists and explorers 
pre-eminent ,; ( . al work> and the p ei . mane iice of 
his scientific reputation is beyond the reach of controversy, 
Allan Cunningham's name will, to the end of time, shed lustre on 
the Sydney Botanic Gardens. He is the only man whose statue 
(it he be deemed to require one) can appropriately be placed in 
that area, sacred with so many botanical 
tu l 01 some years atter f ,i min-ham's death the management of 
he Garden w . „,, rik „, sufficiently seriouslv. The carriage 
road (part ot Mr, Mac^nin^ Road) from old Government House 
to the Chair, passed along the northern boundary of the Garden, 
}j™^ng the present stone wall dividing ' the middle and 
1° H ^ * 8 ; * h ! S ? arria g e r0ad was fenced with palings, and 
had the effect of shutting out the view of the harbour, for the 
