Initially assembled in 1991, the Burnley Archive Collection consists of materials relating to the Burnley Horticultural College, its subsequent ownership by the University of Melbourne and its listing on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Now known simply as the Burnley campus, we’ve been teaching horticultural courses here for a variety of educational institutions since 1891, with the site first put aside for the Horticultural Society of Victoria in 1860. In 2015, Burnley campus marked 125 years of continuous horticultural education, an international record.
The archive was initially assembled for the teaching centenary of the College, and to form a research source for the publication Green Grows Our Garden: A Centenary History of Horticultural Education at Burnley, by A.P. Winzenried (Hyland House, 1991). The archive is comprised of materials that date back to the mid-19th century, including the College's official records (principals' administration records, registers, student attendance books, alumni deposits, student club documents etc.), design plans for the Gardens, examples of student projects such as landscape plans, pressed plants and insect collections, photographs including glass lantern slides, news cuttings, maps, plans and films. It also contains artefacts such as ploughs, leadlight windows and jodhpurs and other uniform items.
The link to our catalogue is:
https://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/university-melbourne-1
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Wall Bracket
Wooden wall-bracket with paper prints of natural grasses pasted on to 12 tin hinged panels. Front panel has 2 Royal Warrants awarded to Sutton & Sons…
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Glass Lantern Slide Collection - Roses
Used to teach the history of rose cultivation. Some are hand coloured. Part of a collection of several hundred glass lantern slides used for teaching…
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The Roots of Burnley
This is a permanent exhibition of eight large posters displayed in the central corridor of the Administration Building at The...
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Painting of the Principal's Residence
Framed and glazed watercolour painting of the Principal's Residence. Watercolour of the Principal's Residence, donated by Julianne Webster,…
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Stained glass window positioned above the door in the Principals Residence and plan showing layout of Gardens bound by Swan Street and the Yarra…
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Nicholas Chevalier, "The Survey paddock at Sunset," 1861, The national Gallery of Australia Collection and Aerial view of the Burnley gardens,…