Photographs of Professor T.G.B. (Bentley) Osborn and Edith May Osborn [B 78566/1-5] • Photograph
Outside the Waukaringa Hotel.
Caption on back reads: "The pioneer expedition to set up the ecological research station 'Bindyi' on Koonamore Station, now known as the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve. Professor Osborn at the wheel of the lorry carrying furniture, stopped outside Waukaringa Hotel - now deserted. In the foreground L to R: T.B. Paltridge, Peter Osborn, Professor Adamson (Cape Town).
At the gateway of Marble Hill.
Caption on back reads: "T.G.B.O. and E.M.O and P.G.O. in the Indian Motor Cycle at the gateway of Marble Hill, the Governor's summer residence - being seen off by Lady Weigall (wife of H.E. Sir Henry W.). 1916." [The initials refer to Professor Osborn, his wife Edith and their son Peter. The date accurately reflects Peter's age (b. 1914), but the fourth person is unlikely to be Lady Weigall as Sir Henry Weigall was not appointed Governor until 1920.]
Botanising in Belair National Park.
Caption on back reads: "Professor T.G.B. Osborn, D.Sc., and Mrs E.M. Osborn M.Sc. Botanising in the National Park, Belair, 1915. She is holding the Kodak camera with which many of my father's botanical studies were taken."
Belair National Park.
Caption on back reads: "Also Belair National Park, 1915. ?E.M.O., T.G.B.O. (centre), ?".
Director and Board of Governors, Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Caption on back reads: "Edith May Osborn M.Sc. was on board from 1915-1927. May Osborn was the first woman also first professional botanist to be appointed to the Board. She was a youthful 24 years old when she joined the Board. Bailey Director on her RH."