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TitleRelocating a Monarch in the Queen's State after 200 yearsDate Created11th February 2025Program Chasing Our PastPresenterDr Gary BaconHostBec LewisAcknowledgementLibrary Programming, Ipswich LibrariesSuburbPine MountainDescriptionOn the 21st of September 1824, Allan Cunningham and John Oxley collected foliage and cone samples at Pine Mountain. From these samples, taxonomists at Kew Gardens in London, named the tree Araucaria cunninghamii. More commonly known as the Hoop Pine, it soon became the dominant resource tree of the Queensland timber industry.
Join retired forest scientist Dr Gary Bacon as he shares the story of The King's Botanist and the Hoop Pine.About the PresenterDr Gary Bacon AM is a retired forest scientist, senior manager within the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Adjunct Professor in Environmental Futures at Griffith University. He has a particular interest in the King's Botanist, Allan Cunningham, who collected plants within the environs of the 1824 Moreton Bay Penal Settlement.Reference IDRelocating a Monarch in the Queen's State after 200 yearsAsset TypeWebinar / Talk - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)lectureRecording Length01:23:07Sound RecordingYesCopyright NoticeThis licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.
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If you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright InformationBusinessesThe Llama FarmPeople & FamiliesJohn Oxley (1784-1828), European explorer and surveyorAllan Cunningham, (1791-1839), European Botanist and ExplorerSubjectsHoop pineAraucaria cunninghamiiEuropean exploration TreesTimber industryCurated CollectionsChasing Our Past At HomeDefining Tulmur | IpswichConvicts & Colonials: Landscapes & Natural Environment
Join retired forest scientist Dr Gary Bacon as he shares the story of The King's Botanist and the Hoop Pine.About the PresenterDr Gary Bacon AM is a retired forest scientist, senior manager within the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Adjunct Professor in Environmental Futures at Griffith University. He has a particular interest in the King's Botanist, Allan Cunningham, who collected plants within the environs of the 1824 Moreton Bay Penal Settlement.Reference IDRelocating a Monarch in the Queen's State after 200 yearsAsset TypeWebinar / Talk - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)lectureRecording Length01:23:07Sound RecordingYesCopyright NoticeThis licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.
In return, you MUST always acknowledge the original creator of the work (photographer, studio, author, etc.) and acknowledge Picture Ipswich as your source of the work.
All derivatives of this work MUST be shared under the same Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.
If you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright InformationBusinessesThe Llama FarmPeople & FamiliesJohn Oxley (1784-1828), European explorer and surveyorAllan Cunningham, (1791-1839), European Botanist and ExplorerSubjectsHoop pineAraucaria cunninghamiiEuropean exploration TreesTimber industryCurated CollectionsChasing Our Past At HomeDefining Tulmur | IpswichConvicts & Colonials: Landscapes & Natural Environment
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