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Description

These palm trees were planted in the mid 1930's. The Victoria Esplanade underwent a variety of improvements under Peter Black, the Curator of Reserves from 1908-1946. These included various footpaths, Victoria Drive, mass plantings (notably of the cherry trees and phoenix palms), the creation of a pergola, a tea kiosk, the RSA paddling pool and a begonia hothouse (now known as the “Peter Black Conservatory”).

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection P 78
Date
1950
Digitisation ID
2011N_P78_006022
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
automobile,
black and white,
car,
esplanade,
palm tree,
phoenix palms,
photographs,
reserves,
victoria esplanade,
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