Garden - 27 Mugga Way, 1959-1992

Containers:

Box 94, Piece 19/1-4, Box 95, Piece 19/5-9

Component identifier:

Series 19

Content Summary:

Correspondence, press cuttings, information sheets and other ephemera on the Whites' garden at 27 Mugga Way, Red Hill, gardening in Canberra, and general gardening topics.

Includes ephemera and newsletters of the First Canberra Garden Club (of which Elizabeth White was made a life member), Horticultural Society of Canberra, Department of the Interior and Department of the Capital Territory, Australian Garden History Society, Australian Camellia Research Society, Bicentennial Garden Group, National Trust, and various nurseries and other vendors.

[9 folders]

Immediate source of acquisition:

The original consignment of MS 7599 was collected from the home of Sir Harold White by Library staff in 1988. A number of further instalments were subsequently received from Sir Harold and members of his family.

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