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Camfield, Julius Henry (1852 - 1916) |
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| Horticulturalist | |
| Born: 30 March 1852 Islington, England. Died: 26 November 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Julius Henry Camfield was overseer 1882-1912 of the Garden Palace Grounds, which had been established within the Botanic Gardens for the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition. He also helped to collect for J.H. Maiden's National Herbarium of New South Wales and compiled his own small herbarium which he presented to the Botanic Gardens in 1912. |
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| Born Islington, London, England, 30 March 1852. Died Sydney, 26 November 1916. Apprenticed as a gardener. Head gardener on several estates near London; arrived Sydney 1882; overseer, Garden Palace Grounds 1882-1912; overseer, inner Domain, an amalgamation of the Garden Palace Grounds with part of Government House gardens 1912-16. |
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