Location: ATHERTON Founded: 1971 Garden Name: Atherton Arboretum Address: PO Box 273, ATHERTON, QLD 4883.

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1 Australia Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Australia: 127. Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: >250,000. Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: 25,000 (15,000 spp.) Estimated % of pre-cbd collections: 85%. Location: ADELAIDE Founded: 1855 Garden Name: Adelaide Botanic Garden. Address: North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 525,000 Also includes Museum of Economic Botany 40% of collection is Australian flora. Orchidaceae, subtropical, warm temperate and arid plants, especially cacti and succulents, drought resistant and salt tolerant plants, plants of the Mediterranean and Western Pacific islands, Gondwanan flora, cycad and palm collection, National Rose Trial Garden. No. of taxa: 4,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Many plants listed in the IUCN international Red Data Book. Threatened Australian plants. Special Conservation Collections: Cupressus. Location: ADELAIDE Founded: 1977 Garden Name: Black Hill Flora Centre Address: c/o Adelaide Botanic Garden, North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA Open heath and woodland species representing flora of Mt Lofty Ranges No. of taxa: 2,000 Rare & Endangered plants: South Australian spp. Special Conservation Collections: South Australian flora Location: ADELAIDE Founded: 1952 (first planting 1957) Garden Name: Mount Lofty Botanic Garden Address: c/o North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA Herbarium: No 30% of collection is Australian flora. Cool N.& S temperate trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs, sub-alpines, dwarf and miniature conifers (Thomson collection), Acer, Camellia, Hebe, Magnolia, Rhododendron, Syringa, Viburnum, conifers, ferns No. of taxa: 2,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Various species listed as threatened in the IUCN international Red Data Book. Special Conservation Collections: Hebe and Australian ferns, National Species Rose Collection Location: ADELAIDE Founded: 1901 Garden Name: Wittunga Botanic Garden Address: c/o Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA Herbarium: No

2 50% of collection is Australian flora. Flora from south and west Australia, Kangaroo Island and Fleurieu Peninsula flora, South African Ericas, Compositae, Iridaceae, Proteaceae, Leucadendron, Banksia and Hakea spp. No. of taxa: 2,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Native and exotic plant species listed as threatened in the IUCN international Red Data Book. Special Conservation Collections: Hakea, Erica, floras of the Kangaroo Island and Fleurieu Peninsula. Location: ADELAIDE Founded: 1893 Garden Name: Beechwood Heritage Garden Address: c/o Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA % of collection is Australian flora. Rhododendron hybrids Special Conservation Collections: Historic garden specimens Location: ALBURY Founded: 1871 Garden Name: Albury Botanic Garden Address: 700 Smollet, ALBURY, NSW % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Australian Rainforest collection (10-90 years old) Location: ALICE SPRINGS Founded: 1956 Garden Name: Olive Pink Botanic Garden Address: PO Box 8644, ALICE SPRINGS, NT Status: Community Crown Land. Sand dune system, Mulga Woodland and arid zone flora Rare & Endangered plants: Acacia pickardii Location: ALICE SPRINGS Founded: 1997 Garden Name: Alice Springs Desert Park Address: Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, PO Box 1046, ALICE SPRINGS, NT Status: Territorial Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown. Arid flora representing desert rivers, sand dune and woodland habitats Location: ATHERTON Founded: 1971 Garden Name: Atherton Arboretum Address: PO Box 273, ATHERTON, QLD 4883.

3 Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 80,000. Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, ornamental trees, land rehabilitation plantings No. of taxa: 100 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: narrow endemics, primative angiosperms, timber trees Location: BALLARAT Founded: 1858 Garden Name: Ballarat Botanic Gardens Address: c/o Horticultural Officer City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, BALLARAT, VIC % of collection is Australian flora. Begonia tuberhybrida - Large Flowered Exhibition Special Conservation Collections: Association of Australian Begonia Societies Reference Collection Location: BALLARAT Founded: 1984 Garden Name: Lake Esmond Botanic Garden of Native Flora Address: c/o Director of Parks and Gardens, City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, BALLARAT, VIC No information available. Location: BALLARAT Founded: 1996 Garden Name: Kirk's Water wise Garden Address: Central Highlands Water, PO Box 152, BALLARAT, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: water wise plants Location: BALLARAT Founded: 1880 Garden Name: Buninyong Botanic Gardens Address: City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, BALLARAT, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: BANKSTOWN Founded: 1964 Garden Name: Sylvan Grove Native Garden Address: Recreation and Community Officer, Bankstown City Council, PO Box 8, BANKSTOWN, NSW 2200.

4 Location: BARGO Founded: 1967 Garden Name: Wirrimbirra Field Study Centre and Sanctuary Address: BARGO, NSW Rare & Endangered plants: south coast regional rare and endangered plants Special Conservation Collections: Telopea Wirrimbirra White and Thistle Harris Ferns Location: BATEMAN'S BAY Founded: 1987 Garden Name: Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens Address: PO Box 116, BATEMANS BAY, NSW Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 300 No. of taxa: Rare & Endangered plants: Yes specific area dedicated to rare and endangered species. Local plants such as the rare Correa baeuerlenii are cultivated. Special Conservation Collections: flora of local to mid south coast of NSW Location: BEECHWORTH Founded: 1862 Garden Name: Queen Victoria Park Address: Shire of Beechworth, P.O.Box 28, BEECHWORTH VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: BELLINGEN Founded: 1902 Garden Name: Bellingen Hospital Grounds Address: PO Box 21, BELLINGEN, NSW % of collection is Australian flora Location: BENALLA Founded: 1886 Garden Name: Benalla Botanical Gardens Address: City of Benalla, PO Box 227, BENALLA, VIC 3672.

5 30% of collection is Australian flora Location: BENDIGO Founded: 1880 Garden Name: White Hills Botanic Gardens Address: City of Greater Bendigo, PO Box 733, BENDIGO, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: BERWICK Founded: 1980 Garden Name: Wilson Botanic Park Address: City of Casey, PO Box 1000, NARRE WARREN, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Delicate fossil remains of plants Location: BRISBANE Founded: 1855 Garden Name: City Botanic Gardens Address: Alice St., BRISBANE, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. succulents, bromeliads, palms and cycads, figs and bamboo, tropical flowering trees No. of taxa: 12,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: palms and cycads, figs and bamboo Location: BRISBANE Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Sherwood Arboretum Address: Brisbane City Council, 69 Ann St, BRISBANE, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: Kauri Pines Location: BULLI Founded: 1993 Garden Name: Illawarra Grevillea Park Address: Illawarra Grevillea Park Society Inc, Princes Highway, BULLI, NSW Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown

6 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea, Prostanthera Location: BURNLEY Founded: 1863 Garden Name: Burnley Gardens Address: The Principal VCAH Burnley, Yarra Boulevard, BURNLEY, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: CAIRNS Founded: 1886 Garden Name: The Flecker Botanic Gardens Address: Cairns City Council, PO Box 359, CAIRNS, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. Australian native plants, (especially rain forest species endemic to North Queensland), orchids, palms, ornamental and fruit plants, gingers and aroids, Munro Martin Fernery (rare and unusual plants, ferns and foliage), exotic economic plant section No. of taxa: 5,000 Rare & Endangered plants: rare and endangered from the Wet Tropics region including cryptogams, fork ferns, lycopods, ferns and cycads and flowering plants Special Conservation Collections: palms, ginger, aroids Location: CAMBERWELL Founded: 1926 Garden Name: Maranoa Gardens Address: Manager Parks & Gardens & Reserves, City of Camberwell, Private Bag No 1, CAMBERWELL, VIC Location: CAMPERDOWN Founded: 1879 Garden Name: Camperdown Botanic Gardens Address: PO Box 14, CAMPERDOWN, VIC No information available. Location: CANBERRA Founded: 1949 Garden Name: Australian National Botanic Gardens Address: GPO Box 1777, CANBERRA CITY, ACT Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 185,000

7 . rainforest of eastern Australia, flora of Sydney s sandstone basin, Mallee plants, Acacia spp., Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, Zieria, cultivars. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing accessions, representing 2,500 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 6,000 Rare & Endangered plants: aims to collect and grow all Australian endangered plants, currently has about 65 of 203 Satellite Gardens: Jervis Bay Annexe Special Conservation Collections: 57 endangered species, cultivars (ACRA), Ziera (OPCA) Location: CANBERRA Founded: 1926 Garden Name: Genetic Resources Section Address: Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO GPO Box 1600, CANBERRA CITY, ACT Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500,000 Herbage plants, seed reference collection 6,000 spp. Eucalyptus No. of taxa: 40 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: germplasm of wild relatives of crop plants, basic and active collections Location: CARLINGFORD Founded: 1993 Garden Name: Galaringi Botanic Parkland Address: c/o 74 Honiton Ave., CARLINGFORD, NSW Status: Community Special Conservation Collections: heritage tress, fruit root stock Location: CASTLEMAINE Founded: 1860 Garden Name: Castlemaine Botanical Garden Address: Mt Alexander Shire Council, PO Box 185, CASTLEMAINE, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: COFFS HARBOUR Founded: 1981 Garden Name: North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Address: PO Box 648, COFFS HARBOUR, NSW Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 20,000 70% of collection is Australian flora. native and exotic species which grow in subtropical environments No. of taxa: 600 Rare & Endangered plants: rare and endangered plants of NSW North and Central Coast, and Qld Special Conservation Collections: Natural vegetation of mangroves and Melaleuca spp. swamp Location: COFFS HARBOUR Founded: 1981

8 Garden Name: Bongil Bongil Garden Address: PO Box 1639, COFFS HARBOUR, NSW Status: Private 70% of collection is Australian flora Location: COLAC Founded: 1865 Garden Name: Colac Botanical Gardens Address: Colac-Otway Shire, PO Box 283, COLAC, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: COLERAINE Founded: 1966 Garden Name: Peter Francis Points Arboretum Address: Dept of Conservation & Environment, PO Box 29, COLERAINE, VIC Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: SGAP Eucalytpus collection, OPCA Banksia collection Location: COOKTOWN Founded: 1885 Garden Name: Cooktown Botanic Gardens Address: Gallop Botanic Reserve, PO Box 3, COOKTOWN, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. Palmetum. Display of species collected by Banks and Solander in Cooktown in Economic plants such as teak, tamarind, breadfruit, cashew and mango. Ornamental trees and shrubs. No. of taxa: 400 Location: COOLGARDIE Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Coolgardie Arboretum Address: Dept of CALM, PO Box 366, KALGOORLIE, WA No information available. Location: COOMBA PARK Founded: 1983 Garden Name: Demesne Farm Minor Arboretum Address: c/o M. Sewell, 1801 Coomba Rd, COOMBA PARK, NSW 2428.

9 Status: Private 90% of collection is Australian flora. Callistemon Special Conservation Collections: Callistemon Location: COOROY Founded: 1986 Garden Name: Lake McDonald Botanic Gardens Address: c/o Park Curator, P.O. Box 141, Tewantin, QLD 4565 No information available. Location: CRANBOURNE Founded: 1970 Garden Name: Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne Address: PO Box 185, CRANBOURNE, Victoria Status: Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown. Leptospermum myrsinoides heathland, Banksia, Callistemon, Dryandra, Proteaceae, wet heathland, grassy woodland, sedge swampland. No. of taxa: 700 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: Proteaceae Location: CRANBOURNE Founded: 1985 Garden Name: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Arboretum Address: City of Frankston, Council Chambers, PO Box 490, FRANKSTON, VIC Rare & Endangered plants: palms, cycads and tropical native Australian plants Location: DARWIN Founded: 1886 Garden Name: Darwin Botanic Gardens Address: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, PO Box 496, PALMERSTON, NT Herbarium: No 30% of collection is Australian flora. Arecaceae, Orchidaceae, economic plants, bromeliads, Ficus, Terminalia No. of taxa: 7,293 Rare & Endangered plants: Threatened plants of the Northern Territories, such as Ptychosperma bleeseri. Special Conservation Collections: native plants Location: DAYLESFORD Founded: 1863 Garden Name: Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens

10 Address: Shire of Hepburn, PO Box 21, DAYLESFORD, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: tuberous Begonia collection Location: DEE WHY Founded: 1957 Garden Name: Stony Range Flora Reserve Address: Pittwater Road, DEE WHY, NSW No. of taxa: 500 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: Australian native flora, area being developed for the Proteaceae of the Sydney region Location: DEVONPORT Founded: 1984 Garden Name: Tasmanian Arboretum Inc Address: PO Box 370, DEVONPORT, TAS Status: 30% of collection is Australian flora Location: DIMBOOLA Founded: 1946 Garden Name: Wail Arboretum Address: National Resources Conservation League, PO Box 245, DIMBOOLA, VIC Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,500 90% of collection is Australian flora Location: DORROUGHBY Founded: 1978 Garden Name: Fruit Spirit Botanical Garden Address: Lot 69 Dunoon Road, DORROUGHBY, NSW Status: Private 50% of collection is Australian flora. Perennial plants with palatable floristic parts especially fruit and nut species No. of taxa: 1,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Hibiscus insularis. Special Conservation Collections: fruits and palms, endangered species collection Location: DRYANDRA Founded: 1958 Garden Name: Dryandra Inland Arboretum

11 Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 100, NARROGIN, WA Mixed inland & exotic Eucalyptus and Pinus spp., No. of taxa: 134 Location: EMERALD Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Emerald Botanic Gardens Address: Emerald Shire Council, PO Box 21, EMERALD, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. Plants of the Leichardt Pastoral District, Qld Central Highlands, Carnarvon Gorge Special Conservation Collections: Plants of the Leichardt Pastoral District Location: ESPERANCE Founded: 1965 Garden Name: Esperance (Helms) Exotic & Indigenous Arboretum Address: Dept of CALM, PO Box 234, ESPERANCE, WA Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown 80% of collection is Australian flora No. of taxa: 111 Location: FRANKSTON Founded: 1976 Garden Name: George Pentland Botanic Gardens Address: City of Frankston Council Chambers, P.O.Box 490, FRANKSTON, VIC Location: FRANKSTON Founded: 1985/86 Garden Name: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Arboretum Address: City of Frankston, Council Chambers, PO Box 490, FRANKSTON VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: GAYNDAH Founded: 1998 Garden Name: Gayndah Botanical Gardens and Pioneer Place Address: Gayndah Shire Council, GAYNDAH, QLD 4625.

12 Location: GEELONG Founded: 1851 Garden Name: Geelong Botanic Gardens Address: City of Geelong, PO Box 104, GEELONG, VIC % of collection is Australian flora. Pelargonium cultivars and species, Agapanthus No. of taxa: 4,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes. Special Conservation Collections: Pelargonium, Agapanthus Location: GLADSTONE Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens Address: Gladstone City Council, PO Box 29, GLADSTONE, QLD Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000 90% of collection is Australian flora. 50% of Port Curtis spp. represented. Plants of Central Queensland and Far North Queensland Rainforest No. of taxa: 1,400 Rare & Endangered plants:yes, rare and threatened plants of central and south eastern Queensland Special Conservation Collections: Port Curtis native species Location: GLEN OSMOND Founded: 1928 Garden Name: Waite Arboretum Address: University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, GLEN OSMOND, SA Status: University 60% of collection is Australian flora. 1,500 trees, 770 species in 200 genera, especially Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Melaleuca, Pinus, Pyrus, Quercus No. of taxa: 760 Special Conservation Collections: Eucalyptus, pears Location: GLENBROOK Founded: 1967 Garden Name: Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve Address: c/o SGAP Blue Mountains Group, PO Box 23, GLENBROOK, NSW (community) Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500. Plants are all natural to the Blue Mountains area but not only the Glenbrook area of the mountains including Baeckea, Banksia, Daviesia, Dillwynia, Eriostemon, Eucalyptus, Lambertia, Melaleuca, Persoonia, Pterostylis, Pultanaea Location: GLENMORGAN Founded: 1941 Garden Name: Myall Park Address: 'Talbragar', GLENMORGAN, QLD Status: Non-profit company

13 Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000. Proteaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, tropical Australian water lilies Rare & Endangered plants: 13 endangered and a few over 100 rare species. Special Conservation Collections: naturalised colonies of rare and endangered species, tropical Australian water lilies Location: GOONDIWINDI Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens of the Western Woodlands Address: P.O.Box 327, GOONDIWINDI, QLD Special Conservation Collections: natural hybridised Grevilleas Location: HAMILTON Founded: 1870 Garden Name: Hamilton Botanic Gardens Address: City Engineer Hamilton City Council, PO Box 107, HAMILTON, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: National Abutilon collection Location: HEYWOOD Founded: 1953 Garden Name: Savill's Garden Address: PO Box 91, HEYWOOD, VIC Status: Private 50% of collection is Australian flora Location: HOBART Founded: 1818 Garden Name: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Address: Queens Domain, HOBART, TAS % of collection is Australian flora. Australian (Myrtaceae), Epacridaceae, proteas, Mediterranean, Euro-Asian, N.American flora (Coniferae, Fagaceae, Tiliaceae, Betulaceae, Celastraceae, Aceraceae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae, Ericaceae), cacti, all Tasmanian Coniferae, economic plants, herbs, Japanese and Chinese gardens, Oak lawn No. of taxa: 4,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Only those plants endangered by logging etc. Special Conservation Collections: conifers, epacrids, plants endangered by logging, Japanese and Chinese gardens

14 Location: ILLAWARRA Founded: 1978 Garden Name: Grevillea Study Group Collection Address: Illawarra Grevillea Park Society Inc., Princes Highway, BULLI, NSW 2516 Status: Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown Grevillea No. of taxa: 300 Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea Location: JERVIS BAY Founded: 1951 Garden Name: Booderee Botanic Gardens Address: GPO Box 1777, CANBERRA CITY, ACT Status: Commonwealth / Aboriginal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown. Australian rainforest species, heathland species, swampland species. No. of taxa: 1,200 Location: KABRAMA Founded: 1968 Garden Name: Karwarra Australian Plant Garden Address: Shire of Yarra Ranges, P.O. Box 105, LILYDALE, VIC Ni information available. Location: KALGOORLIE Founded: 1955 Garden Name: Kalgoorlie Inland Forest Arboretum Address: Dept of CALM, PO Box 10173, KALGOORLIE, WA Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown. Mixed inland Eucalyptus No. of taxa: 91 Location: KALGOORLIE Founded: Garden Name: Coolgardie Arboretum Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 366, KALGOORLIE WA 6430 Location: KALLISTA Founded: 1928 Garden Name: Mount Dandenong Arboretum

15 Address: Kallista - Emerald Road, KALLISTA VIC % of collection is Australian flora Rare & Endangered plants: Special Conservation Collections: Four specimens classified as significant by National Trust Location: KEILOR Founded: 1982 Garden Name: Keilor Botanic Gardens Address: City of Keilor, Old Calder Highway, KEILOR, VIC Location: KILLARNEY Founded: 1990 Garden Name: Denbly Address: 9390 Princes Highway, KILLARNEY, VIC Status: Private 98% of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Correa (over 120) Location: KYNETON Founded: 1861 Garden Name: Kyneton Botanic Gardens Address: P.O. Box 151, KYNETON, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: KYNETON Founded: 1991 Garden Name: Gisborne Botanic Gardens Address: Macedon Ranges Shire Council, PO Box 151, KYNETON, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: New Zealand and Gondwanan Flora Location: LAUNCESTON Founded: 1890 Garden Name: Cliff Grounds Reserve Address: c/o Launceston City Council, PO Box 396, Launceston, TAS 7250.

16 10% of collection is Australian flora Location: LAUNCESTON Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Heritage Forest Address: c/o Launceston City Council, P.O.Box 396, LAUNCESTON, TAS % of collection is Australian flora Location: LILYDALE Founded: 1968 Garden Name: Karwarra Australian Plant Garden Address: Shire of Yarra Ranges, PO Box 105, LILYDALE VIC 3140 Rare & Endangered plants: native threatened plant programme Special Conservation Collections: Boronia, Lomatia, Rutaceae, Sterculiaceae, Telopea (OPCA) Location: MALMSBURY Founded: 1863 Garden Name: Malmsbury Botanic Gardens Address: P.O. Box 151, KYNETON, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: MAREEBA Founded: 1994 Garden Name: Monsoon Tropical Botanic Gardens Address: Mareeba Shire Council, PO Box 154, MAREEBA, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Eucalypt arboretum Location: MARYBOROUGH Founded: 1862 Garden Name: Phillips Gardens Address: P.O.Box 194, MARYBOROUGH, VIC % of collection is Australian flora. Tuberous Begonia, Pelargonium

17 Special Conservation Collections: tuberous Begonia, Pelargonium Location: MELBOURNE Founded: 1846 Garden Name: Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Address: Birdwood Avenue, SOUTH YARRA, VIC Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,170,000 10% of collection is Australian flora. Collections from Australia including rain forest spp., Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands., California, Canary Islands, collections of Rhododendron esp. subgenus Vireya, Borya, Camellia, Quercus, Orchidaceae, succulents, bromeliads No. of taxa: 12,000 Cranbourne Annexe Special Conservation Collections: National Collection of Camellia Research Society, Viburnum collection, indigenous grassy woodland. Location: MELBOURNE Founded: 1965 Garden Name: La Trobe University Address: Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria 3086., NO GARDEN Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown A campus landscape planted mainly in Australian native plants, an arboretum containing a representative collection of Victoria s Eucalyptus, and a wildlife reserve planted with indigenous spp., Acacia plantation and systematic garden. Location: MENINGIE Founded: 1965 Garden Name: Nindethana Address: c/o Post Office, MENINGIE, SA Status: Private Location: MILDURA Founded: 1989 Garden Name: Australian Inland Botanic Garden Address: PO Box 2809, MILDURA, VIC % of collection is Australian flora. Regional flora, i.e. Cassia, Acacia, Hakea, wilga, succulent plants and cacti, saltbush mallee, flora of dryland regions. Location: MORPHETT VALE Founded: 1992 Garden Name: Currency Creek Arboretum Eucalypt Research Centre Address: 156 Pimpala Road, MORPHETT VALE, SA 5162.

18 Status: Private. Eucalypt and Corymbia spp. No. of taxa: 750 Special Conservation Collections: special Eucalypt Arboretum (750 taxa) Location: MOSSMAN Founded: 1984 Garden Name: The Botanical Ark Address: PO Box 354, MOSSMAN, QLD Status: Private 10% of collection is Australian flora. Heliconia, gingers Marantaceae, tropical fruits, ethnobotanical plants Special Conservation Collections: Heliconia, gingers Marantaceae, tropical fruits, ethnobotanical plants Location: MOSSMAN Founded: 1992 Garden Name: Daintree Wilderness Refugium Address: PO Box 718, MOSSMAN, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Location: MOTTO FARM Founded: 1986 Garden Name: Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Address: Pacific Highway, MOTTO FARM, NSW Status: Non profit community company Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown 80% of collection is Australian flora. Grevillea, Australian palms, aloes Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea, Australian palms, aloes Location: MOUNT ANNAN Founded: 1984 Garden Name: Mount Annan Botanic Garden Address: c/o Mrs Macquaries Road, SYDNEY, NSW Acacia, Callistemon, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Proteaceae, Gondwanan flora. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 6,794 accessions, representing 3,981 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 2,788 Rare & Endangered plants: Large collection of eucalypts is being developed, includes many rare & endangered species. Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea

19 Location: MOUNT DANDENONG Founded: 1928 Garden Name: Mount Dandenong Arboretum Address: Kallista-Emerald Road, KALLISTA, VIC Location: MULLUMBIMBY Founded: 1980 Garden Name: Brunswick Valley Heritage Park Address: Byron Flora & Fauna Conservation Society, 1 Tyagarah St., MULLUMBIMBY, NSW Local rainforest trees and shrubs No. of taxa: 324 Special Conservation Collections: local recorded rainforest trees and shrubs Location: MUMBIL Founded: 1964 Garden Name: Burrendong Arboretum Address: MUMBIL, NSW Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 11,500. Grevilleas, Hakea, Eucalyptus, Acacia, Dryandra, ferns. No. of taxa: 4,000 (50,000 accessions). Rare & Endangered plants: yes, Swainsonia recta (participating in a Recovery Plan) and Hakea crassinervia Special Conservation Collections: aim is to collect and preserve by cultivation as many species of Australian plants as possible Location: NARRE WARREN Founded: 1980 Garden Name: Wilson Botanic Park Address: City of Casey, PO Box 1000, NARRE WARREN VIC % of collection is Australian flora Rare & Endangered plants: Native and exotic threatened plant programme Special Conservation Collections: Delicate fossil remains of plants. As material is delicate information can be supplied rather than viewing fossils. Location: NARROGIN Founded: 1958 Garden Name: Dryandra Inland Arboretum Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 100, NARROGIN WA Mixed inland and exotic Eucalyptus and Pinus

20 Location: OAKEY Founded: 1961 Garden Name: Brookvale Park Botanic Gardens Address: Mail Service 212, OAKEY, QLD Status: Unknown Australian flora Location: OLINDA Founded: 1961 Garden Name: National Rhododendron Garden Address: PO Box 21, OLINDA, VIC Rhododendron Special Conservation Collections: Rhododendron Location: OLINDA Founded: 1960 Garden Name: Pirianda Garden Address: 9 Hacketts Road, OLINDA, VIC No information available. Location: OLINDA Founded: 1970 Garden Name: R J Hamer Arboretum Address: PO Box 21, OLINDA, VIC No information available. Location: ORANGE Founded: 1981 Garden Name: Orange Botanic Gardens Address: Orange City Council, PO Box 35, ORANGE, NSW % of collection is Australian flora. Local orchard species. 400 eucalypts planted Spring 1986 Rare & Endangered plants: Endangered local orchard species. Special Conservation Collections: Heritage roses, Central Tablelands Montane flora Location: OWEN Founded: 1968 Garden Name: Waldon Gardens

21 Address: Owen, S.Australia 5460 Status: Unknown No information available. Special Conservation Collections: Eremophila spp. Location: PEMBERTON Founded: 1962 Garden Name: Forest Arboretum. Address: Department of CALM, PEMBERTON, WA Eucalyptus No. of taxa: 107 Location: PEMBERTON Founded: 1929 Garden Name: Big Brook Forest Arboretum Address: Department of CALM, PEMBERTON, WA % of collection is Australian flora. Sequoia sempervirens, mixed conifers. No. of taxa: 56 Location: PERTH Founded: 1979 Garden Name: Western Australian Herbarium Botanic Garden. Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 104, COMO, WA Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 350,000 Maintains a seed bank with long-term storage capacity, containing 143 accessions representing 66 species (1994 figures). Cultivated collections of native plants of Western Australia. No. of taxa: 1200 Special Conservation Collections: Western Australian native plants. Wilga Park Arboretum, PIANGIL, Victoria 3597 was closed in No information on the status of its collections is available. Location: PORT AUGUSTA Founded: 1986 Garden Name: Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden Address: PO Box 202, PORT AUGUSTA, SA Special Conservation Collections: local native vegetation at present. Eremophila Location: PORT DOUGLAS

22 Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Mirage Port Douglas Resort Address: PO Box 172, PORT DOUGLAS 4871, Queensland. Status: Unknown No information available. Location: PORT FAIRY Founded: 1859 Garden Name: Port Fairy Botanic Gardens Address: Borough of Port Fairy, 10 Cox St., PORT FAIRY, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Escallonia Location: ROCKHAMPTON Founded: 1869 Garden Name: Rockhampton Botanic Gardens Address: Rockhampton City Council, PO Box 243, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. Arecaceae, palms, ferns, tropical flowering trees, and foliage plants No. of taxa: 360 Rare & Endangered plants:attalya (Attalea) multiflora. Special Conservation Collections: tropical fruits, palms and cycads Location: ROCKHAMPTON Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Kershaw Botanic Gardens Address: Rockhampton City Council, PO Box 243, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. Central Qld native species Special Conservation Collections: Central Qld native species Location: SHERBROOKE Founded: 1933 Garden Name: Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens Address: Sherbrooke Road, SHERBROOKE, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: SHERBROOKE Founded: 1981

23 Garden Name: George Tindale Memorial Gardens Address: Sherbrooke Road, SHERBROOKE, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Location: ST IVES Founded: 1966 Garden Name: Ku-Ring-Gai Wildflower Garden Address: Mona Vale Road, ST IVES, NSW Special Conservation Collections: Australian native species Location: ST.KILDA Founded: 1858 Garden Name: St.Kilda Botanic Garden Address: 4 Herbert St, ST. KILDA, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Alister Clark roses Location: STRATHFIELDSAYE Founded: 1976 Garden Name: Emu Creek Arboretum Address: PO Box 117, STRATHFIELDSAYE, VIC Status: Private Location: SUTHERLAND Founded: 1970 Garden Name: Joseph Banks Native Plant Reserve Address: P.O. Box 17, SUTHERLAND, NSW Acacia, Angophora, Banksia, Eucalytpus, Grevillea, Melaleuca, Prosanthera, ferns, native gymnosperms, Australian rainforest spp., tropical northern Australian flora, cool termperate rainforest flora, flora from natural Hawkesbury sandstone area Special Conservation Collections: native gymnosperms, Australian rainforest spp. Location: SYDNEY Founded: 1816

24 Garden Name: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Address: Mrs Macquaries Road, SYDNEY, NSW Status: Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000,000 20% of collection is Australian flora. Acacia, Araceae, Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae, Callistemon, Cactaceae, cycads, Eucalyptus, Fabaceae, Grevillea, Myrtaceae, Orchidaceae, Proteaceae, Rhododendron, Gondwanan taxa, Begonia, conifers, ferns, herbaceous perennials, temperate deciduous tree, palms and palm-like plants, succulents, Rosales, rainforest No. of taxa: 8,269 Rare & Endangered plants: Allocasuarina portuensis, Eucalyptus copulans, Gentiana wingecarribiensis, Persoonia mollis subsp. maxima, Prostanthera junonis, Wollemia nobilis and rare and threatened garden. Satellite Gardens: Mount Annan Botanic Garden Mount Tomah Botanic Garden Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea, Wollemia nobilis Location: BILPIN Founded: 1970 Garden Name: Mount Tomah Botanic Garden Address: c/o Mrs Macquaries Road, SYDNEY, NSW % of collection is Australian flora. Rhododendrons, conifers, Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere cool climate plants No. of taxa: 4,351 Rare & Endangered plants: Some rare Australian species, some from New Zealand. Special Conservation Collections: Southern hemisphere wild collected plants Location: TAMBORINE MT. Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Tamborine Mountain Botanic Gardens Address: Tamborine Mountain Garden Club, PO Box 63, TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Location: TEWANTIN Founded: 1986 Garden Name: Lake McDonald Botanic Gardens Address: c/- Park Curator, PO Box 141, TEWANTIN QLD % of collection is Australian flora Rare & Endangered plants: native and exotic threatened plant programme. Location: TEWANTIN Founded: 1987 Garden Name: Noosa Botanic Gardens Address: PO Box 141, TEWANTIN, QLD 4565.

25 70% of collection is Australian flora Location: TIBOOBURRA Founded: 1985 Garden Name: Tibooburra Outback Botanic Gardens Address: Tibooburra Outback School of the Air, TIBOOBURRA, NSW Location: TOOWONG Founded: 1976 Garden Name: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha Address: Mt Coot-tha Road, TOOWONG, QLD Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown 30% of collection is Australian flora. Erythrina, succulents, bromeliads, palms, Ficus, tropical flowering trees, exotic and Australian native rainforest, camellia, azaleas, rare fruits No. of taxa: 14,000 Rare & Endangered plants: rare fruits Location: TOOWOOMBA Founded: 1875 Garden Name: Toowoomba Queens Park Address: P.O. Box 3021, Village Fair, TOOWOOMBA, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Location: TOOWOOMBA Founded: 1932 Garden Name: Laurel Bank Park Address: PO Box 3021, Village Fair, TOOWOOMBA, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Location: TOWNSVILLE Founded: 1969 Garden Name: Townsville Botanic Gardens Address: Townsville City Council, PO Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD Arecaceae, Pandanaceae, Zingiberaceae, SGAP gardens, Herb Society gardens, bromeliads No. of taxa: 7,000 Rare & Endangered plants:yes. Satellite Gardens:

26 Queens Gardens Townsville Palmetum Special Conservation Collections: indigenous north Qld dryland and rainforest plants, palms Location: TOWNSVILLE Founded: 1970 Garden Name: Queens Park Address: Townsville City Council, PO Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Location: TOWNSVILLE Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Townsville Palmetum Address: Townsville City Council, PO Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD % of collection is Australian flora. A wide range of native and exotic palm spp. Rare & Endangered plants: Ptychosperma bleaseri, Calamus warburgii Special Conservation Collections: palms Location: TOWNSVILLE Founded: 1932 Garden Name: Anderson Park Address: Townsville City Council, P.O.Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: Pandanus spp. Location: TUGGERANONG Founded: 1914 Garden Name: Westbourne Woods Address: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Bentham St, YARRALUMLA, ACT Location: VICTOR HARBOR Founded: 1983 Garden Name: Nangawooka Flora Park Address: 11 Brand Ave, VICTOR HARBOR, SA 5211.

27 Location: WAGGA WAGGA Founded: 1969 Garden Name: Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens Address: Wagga Wagga City Council, PO Box 20, WAGGA WAGGA, NSW % of collection is Australian flora Location: WARRNAMBOOL Founded: 1859 Garden Name: Warrnambool Botanic Gardens Address: PO Box 198, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: bamboo Location: WERRIBEE Founded: 1877 Garden Name: Werribee Park Address: The Mansion at Werribee Park, PO Box 274, WERRIBEE, VIC % of collection is Australian flora Special Conservation Collections: State Rose Garden Location: WEST PERTH Founded: 1962 Garden Name: Kings Park and Botanic Garden Address: WEST PERTH, WA Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 20,853 90% of collection is Australian flora. Western Australian native flora (2,200), aromatic and fragrant garden, metropolitan garden. No. of taxa: 3,700 Rare & Endangered plants: approx. 1,500 spp.of native flora in open ground, 147 rare and endangered species and 1,800 spp. in ground or container cultivation. Special Conservation Collections: WA flora, rare and endangered species garden (147 endangered, 36 vulnerable), stock plants (In vitro culture). Location: WOLLONGONG Founded: 1964 Garden Name: Wollongong Botanic Gardens Address: Locked Bag 8821, SOUTH COAST MAIL CENTRE, NSW Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown 60% of collection is Australian flora. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 1,500 accessions, representing 1,165 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 2,000

28 Location: WOOLOMIN Founded: 1982 Garden Name: Dulegal Native Plant Arboretum Address: c/o Mrs B Graham, Nundle Road, WOOLOMIN, NSW Rare & Endangered plants: Yes. Special Conservation Collections: specializing in plants of Northwest slopes & plains, & endangered spp. Location: YANDINA Founded: 1974 Garden Name: Fairhill Native Plants & Botanic Gardens Address: Fairhill Road, YANDINA, QLD Status: Private Location: YARRALUMLA Founded: 1914 Garden Name: Westbourne Woods Address: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Bentham St, YARRALUMLA ACT 2600 Status: Joint management: National Capital Authority and R C Golf Club Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown 30% of collection is Australian flora (Norfolk Island) Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Norfolk Island: 1. Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: Unknown Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: Unknown Estimated % of pre-cbd collections: Unknown Location: NORFOLK ISLAND Founded: 1985 Garden Name: Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Address: PO Box 310, NORFOLK ISLAND 2899, South Pacific Situated: on Mission Road 100m west of its intersection with Mt Pitt and Grassy Road. (Commonwealth) Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown 90% of collection is Australian flora. Native plants including trees, lianes and ferns. The Garden aims to cultivate representatives of each one on the island s 178 native spp. (40 endemic species and subspecies). Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, threatened natives. Special Conservation Collections: A major nursery is being developed in the National Park to propagate Norfolk Island native and endemic plants.