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Government House, Darwin


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Yesterday ( Friday ) and today,  Goverment House, Darwin opened to the public with an 'Open Day' of the gardens and house. Its one the oldest buildings in Darwin and is the residence of the Administrator of the Northern Territory dating back to the 1870's. The structure/building has survived 3 devestating destructive tropical cyclones ( 1897, 1937 and 1974 ) and was dameged by a Japanese air raid in 1942. In fact the bullet ridden Australian Flag that was flying that day is on display at the Australian War Memorial. Canberra.
I've lived in Darwin for 42 years, today was the first time I've visited Government House.
The gardens at Government House are stunning, so I've taken quite a few photos for the Forum's perusal.....
 

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It's a great looking building, I've never been inside the grounds but have seen the building from the outside and thought it was really nice.

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Quite nice gardens! I envy the Arenga hookeriana and the Johannesteijsmannia altifrons! Very fine. Thanks for the photos

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Wonderful pictures!

Keep them coming!!!

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Do you know the species names of image 20, 36, and  55?

Hi 103˚, Lo 74˚

Casas Adobes - NW of Tucson since July 2014

formerly in the San Carlos region of San Diego

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5 hours ago, Tom in Tucson said:

Do you know the species names of image 20, 36, and  55?

Hi 103˚, Lo 74˚

Pic no. 55 is Calathea zebra plant (Calathea zebrina),  I have a large one in my garden....easy to propagate from semi hardwood cuttings
Pic no. 36 is a Madagascar Plane Tree ( Terminalia mantaly )  not common in Darwin but there are a few around in local gardens.
Pic no. 20 is a Cigar Plant ( Calathea lutea )

 

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