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A page in Wittunga Nurseries' catalogue [B 70984/41] • Photograph

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Summary

Image from page 2 of Wittunga Nurseries' catalogue. Edwin Ashby promoted growing Australian plants in the catalogue of 'Edwin Ashby and son, Wittunga Nurseries, Blackwood, South Australia ... Grow native shrubs ... For beauty of flowers and attractiveness of foliage Australian shrubs ... are superior to the flora of Europe'. Wittunga Nurseries, operated by Edwin Ashby from his Blackwood farm Wittunga, promoted native plants for home gardens.

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Physical description

Positive (slide, B&W); 35 mm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1935

Collection

Part of Ashby Family Collection

Catalogue record

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General notes

An image from a collection of photographs and slides used to illustrate talks given by Enid Robertson: an address entitled 'Wittunga Garden - From a Family Point of View' given to the Historical Society of South Australia, 1996; and a second address entitled 'The Ashby Family' given to the Coromandel Valley National Trust, 2006. The individual images can be viewed by doing a number search on B 70984; this image relates to talks on 5 July 1996 (OH 363) and 1 February 2006 (OH 787) by Enid L. Robertson.

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Date

21/11/2008

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image/tiff

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2,342 x 3,508 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.68 MB

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