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The Queensland Naturalist 
March, 1929 
EXCURSION, 16th FEBRUARY, 1929. 
Sherwood Forest Park. 
Under the leadership of Mr. E. W. Bick a large num- 
ber of members visited the above arboretum to view the 
growth of the young trees and note the progress made in 
the formation of the park. After the inspection, mem- 
bers were entertained at afternoon tea by Mr. and Mrs. 
J. E. Young. 
A movement for the establishment of an arboretum 
in Brisbane was started by a letter written by Mr. C. T. 
AVhite (Government Botanist) to the Brisbane daily 
papers on the 13th July, 1922. This was followed by one 
to the then Mayor (Aid. II. J. Diddams), the proposal 
being to utilise Victoria Park for the purpose. 
The movement was further sponsored at meetings 
•of the Empire Forestry Association and other scientific 
bodies in Brisbane. This was followed by a deputation 
to the Mayor (Aid. H. J. Diddams) of representatives of 
the Royal Society, the Queensland Naturalists;’ Club, the 
Horticultural Society, the Empire Forestry Association, 
the Horticultural Society of Queensland, the Australasian 
Association for the Advancement of Science, and the 
Public Health Association. In reply, the Mayor, sup- 
ported by several aldermen, stated that the Council had 
other proposals regarding Victoria Park, but suggested 
One Tree Hill Reserve as a suitable site. This was not 
agreeable to the deputation, as it was thought that the 
One Tree Ilill Reserve was the only piece of natural 
forest in the immediate vicinity of Brisbane, and it was a 
pity to disturb it in any way. 
The matter lay dormant for a few years, until the 
•early part of 1924, when Mr. F. 0. Nixon mentioned at a 
meeting of the Queensland branch of the Empire Forestry 
Association that the Sherwood Shire Council had recently 
obtained an area of 37 acres, which they intended to 
devote to ordinary park purposes, and suggested that 
some of the members of the Association should visit the 
park with the Chairman of the Shire Council and try and 
induce him to recommend to his Council that it should 
be devoted to an arboretum for the growth of Australian 
trees. The Council agreed to the proposal, and the 
arboretum was officially started by a planting ceremony 
on the 21st- March, 1924, when an avenue of Kauri Pines 
(Agathis robusta) was planted by the Governor (H.E. 
Sir Matthew Nathan) and representative citizens. 
Seventy-two trees were planted, forming the Nathan 
