Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd
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After describing the foundation of the Garden in March 1855 and the appointment of a Mr Francis as Secretary and Superintendent, the following paragraph appears;

"The first task was to enclose the land, and on the Government undertaking to be responsible for that, the Superintendent's house, and other buildings at the garden, Francis and his first two workmen began clearing, preparatory to trenching.

By May, he had six men employed at 7/- a day--- Robert Tweedy, Joseph Fitch, John Heapley, Robert Boyd (who was to remain at the garden for half a century), Philip Boyd and George Bryant.

The clearing and the levelling proved expensive, for there was scarcely a road which had not been cut up by the cartwheels or obstructed by stumps or the holes from which trees had been removed."

Extract from the Centenary Volume 1855-1955 of the BOTANIC GARDEN, Adelaide, SA.

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Born
Arrived in SA in 12 Sep on Confiance
Went mining in goldfields
Gardener at Adelaide Botanic Gardens from their establishment in 1855
Retired as foreman of Botanic Park in 1905, aged 70
Died aged 72