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The Institute of Land and Food Resources,
Burnley Campus, 		The University of Melbourne. Virtual Tour of the Burnley Gardens

  • Introduction
  • The Main Lawns And Lily Ponds
  • The Sunken Garden
  • Shady Walk
  • Azalea Lawn
  • The Rose Garden
  • The Oak Lawn And Herbaceous Border
  • The Native Garden
  • History of the Gardens
  • Virtual Tour

    • The Pavilion (1884-1949). Work areas and classrooms for staff and students. (B91-003). 


    Englishman, George Neilson, curator of the Burnley Gardens from 1872 to 1897.
    Both a gardener and a garden designer. (B91-376). 

     


      1900. Boater hats and late Victorian clothing styles.
      The excellent seed collection displayed on the wall is from the English firm, Sutton. (B91-135). 


      The ladies turning the soil in the 1890s. (B91-558). 
     

      Alfred E. Bennett. Perhaps the first Burnley student to   graduate with a Diploma (a three-year course). (B91-382). 

    1894. A.E. Bennett's graduation certificate. (B91-383)


      Students of the 1890s. The wheelbarrow with its iron wheel was made at Pentridge prison and was used the 1940s. (B91-582). 


      1894. Students learning pruning techniques in the orchard. (B91-438). 


      About 1890. Student-powered cylinder mower. (From A.E. Bennett's book 'Prize Essays'). (B91-303).


      1909. The Principal's residence, sited in the gardens. (B91-242). 


      The entrance to the Principal's residence. Sections of the house dated back to 1872. 1980. (B91-005). 


      Edna Walling, a graduate of 1918, later renowned as a landscape garden designer. (B91-212). 


     The Main Building, completed in 1949, with the (then) newly-planted Magnolia grandiflora.. (B91-022).