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Beautiful Botanicals: Art from the Australian National Botanic Gardens Library and Archives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2019

Jane Black
Jane Black*
Affiliation:
Librarian and Archivist, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, 2601, Australia Email: jane.black@environment.gov.au
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Abstract

The Australian National Botanic Gardens plays an important role in the study and promotion of Australia's diverse range of unique plants through its living collection, scientific research activities and also through the art collection held in the institution's Library and Archives. Australia's history of formal botanical illustration began with the early voyages of discovery with its popularity then declining until the modern day revival in botanical art. The Australian National Botanic Gardens Library and Archives art collection holds works from the Endeavour voyage through to the more contemporary artists of Celia Rosser, Collin Woolcock, Gillian Scott and Aboriginal artists including Teresa Purla McKeeman as well as photographs and outdoor installations.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , July 2019 , pp. 124 - 131
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© ARLIS, 2019 

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