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it was transferred to a building in a more central location in the Gardens. Buildings 
were commemoratively named after the great botanist Robert Brown (the new 
Herbarium building) and two former directors: Robert Anderson (the old Herbarium) 
and Allan Cunningham (the director's residence, built in 1874, in Moore's time, now 
providing offices for staff). Maiden's name graces the lecture theatre in the Anderson 
Building, so essential to community activities, including those of the Friends of the 
Gardens, and to education. 
In many respects the National Herbarium of New South Wales and also the Royal 
Botanic Gardens Sydney have come full circle, confident of their status in science, 
internationally recognised and outgoing in serving their community, as they were in 
the time of J.H. Maiden. 
Acknowledgment 
This brief account has depended greatly on the research and publications of Dr Lionel 
Gilbert OAM, Honorary Research Associate of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, and 
especially on his works cited below. 
References 
Briggs, B.G. (2001) Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson 1926-1997. Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci. 13 (4) 
(in press). 
Gilbert, L. (1986) The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney: a History, 1916-1985. (Oxford University Press: 
Melbourne). 
Gilbert, L. (2001) The Little Giant: the Life and Works of Joseph Henry Maiden. (Kardoorair Press: 
Armidale). 
Harden, G.J. (Ed.) (1990-93) Flora of New South Wales. Vols 1-4 and revised editions vol.l (2000), 
vol. 2 (in press) (New South Wales University Press: Sydney). 
Barbara G. Briggs 
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney 
Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia 
e-mail barbara.briggs@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au 
