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Ambleside
Carden, Arthur
Sorenson, Paul
Van de Velde, Henri
Everglades
View of old Government House - Sydney - N.S.W. as it appeared when vacated by Sir George Gipps in 1845
At Elizabeth Bay 1894
Camden Park 1906
Camden Park, April 1906
Carrara, Rose Bay 1905
Croquet and archery in the grounds of Enmore House, Newtown c1865-70
First Government House, in a detail from painting 'A direct north general view of Sydney Cove' 1794
Greenoaks estate, Darling Point c1885
Mick Dark in the garden at Varuna 2010
The eastern side of Camden Park, April 1906
The grotto near the bathing place at Yaralla, Sunday 22 August 1915

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Private gardens

Ambleside

Ambleside and its garden were a refuge and an inspiration to photographer Harold Cazneaux, who lived there from 1915 until his death in 1953.

Carden, Arthur

Stonemason who worked on Ambleside garden for Harold Cazneaux.

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Sorenson, Paul

Garden designer and horticulturalist responsible for many of the most beautiful gardens in the Leura and Katoomba.

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Van de Velde, Henri

Merchant and felt maker whose business success allowed him to follow his passion for exotic gardens in the Blue Mountains.

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Everglades

Modernist garden with stonewalling which has been designed to showcase the exotic flora imported from around the world.

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View of old Government House - Sydney - N.S.W. as it appeared when vacated by Sir George Gipps in 1845

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By
George Edwards Peacock
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[ML 658]
(Mitchell Library)

At Elizabeth Bay 1894

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By
Arthur Streeton
Contributed By
National Gallery of Victoria
[Accession No: 1376-4]
(oil on wood panel; 17.2 × 41.0 cm; W.H. Short Bequest, 1944)

Camden Park 1906

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By
Arthur Wigram Allen
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3276009 / PX*D 579, 5]
(Album 37: Photographs of the Allen family, 7 April 1906 - 12 November 1906, Mitchell Library)

Camden Park, April 1906

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By
Arthur Wigram Allen
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3276008 / PX*D 579, 4]
(Album 37: Photographs of the Allen family, 7 April 1906 - 12 November 1906, Mitchell Library)

Carrara, Rose Bay 1905

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By
Boyce Allen
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3274054 / PX*D 576/50]
(Album 34: Photographs of the Allen family, 24 January 1905 - 2 July 1905)

Croquet and archery in the grounds of Enmore House, Newtown c1865-70

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a089389 / SPF/389]
(Mitchell Library)

First Government House, in a detail from painting 'A direct north general view of Sydney Cove' 1794

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[DG 60 (detail)]
(Dixson Galleries)

Greenoaks estate, Darling Point c1885

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1780040 / PXD 993, 40]
(Mitchell Library)

Mick Dark in the garden at Varuna 2010

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By
Bette Mifsud
Contributed By
Varuna The National Writers House

The eastern side of Camden Park, April 1906

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By
Arthur Wigram Allen
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3276009 / PX*D 579, 5, 1712]
(Album 37: Photographs of the Allen family, 7 April 1906 - 12 November 1906, Mitchell Library)

The grotto near the bathing place at Yaralla, Sunday 22 August 1915

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By
Arthur Wigram Allen
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[PX*D 603, p41]
(Album 66: Photographs of the Allen family, 14 March 1915 - 25 December 1915) (Mitchell Library)

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