On title page: From a report of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
Introduction: the historic gardens study p9. Part 1: historic gardens in focus p21. Part 2: Victoria’s garden heritage p54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne p59. Geelong Botanic Gardens p65. Portland Botanic Gardens (Henty Park) p68. Ballarat Botanical Gardens p69. Williamstown Botanic Gardens p71. Castlemaine Botanical Gardens p72. Daylesford Botanic Gardens (Wombat Hill) p75. Warrnambool Botanical Gardens p77. Colac Botanic Gardens p78. Hamilton Botanical Gardens p79. ‘Suburban’ gardens p80. Burswood, Portland p84. The Heights, Geelong p85. Glenholme, Ballarat p86. Trelawny, Ballarat p87. Carn Brae, Hawthorn p87. Cadell, Echuca p88. Front gardens p91. Two villa gardens at Brighton p94. A villa garden in Hawthorn p95. A villa garden at Kyneton p96. Villa gardens at St Arnaud, Maffra and Maryborough p97. Kawarau, Ballarat p98. Smallest of all: gardens for terrace houses p99. Cottage gardens p102. Hillside, Beaufort p104. A cottage garden in Canterbury p104. Te Tua, Castlemaine p105. Bickleigh Vale village p106. Country estates p109. Murndal, Hamilton p112. Wombat Park, Daylesford p114. Trawalla, Beaufort p114. Glenara, Bulla p116. Meningoort, Camperdown p121. Merrang, Hexham p122. Bontharambo, Wangaratta p122. Delatite, Mansfield p123. The Laurels, Learmonth p125. Mount [Mt] Boninyong, Scotsburn p126. Barunah Plains, Hesse p127. Mount Noorat, Noorat p128. Noorilim, Murchison East p129. Titanga, Lismore p130. Eeyeuk, Terang p132. Greystones, Rowsley p132. Eynesbury, Melton p133. Werribee Park, Werribee p134. Belmont, Beaufort p136. Renny Hill, Camperdown p137. Talindert, Camperdown p138. Dalvui, Noorat p139. Mooleric, Birregurra p141. Banongill, Skipton p142. Mawallok, Beafort p144. Six homestead gardens modified in the twentieth century p145. Cruden Farm, Langwarrin p148. Mountain refuges p151. Six gardens by Edna Walling p156. Yathong, Benalla p158. Mawarra, Sherbrooke p158. Folly Farm, Olinda p159. Ardgarten, Grassdale p159. Wooleen, Benalla p160. Boortkoi, Hexham p160. Public gardens p163. The Flagstaff Gardens p166. The Fitzroy Gardens p167. The Carlton Gardens p171. Burnley Gardens, Richmond p174. Two provincial public gardens of the 1870s p175. Central Park, Malvern p177. Fit for a mansion p181. Como, South Yarra p186. Buda, Castlemaine p191. Rippon Lea, Elsternwick p192. Government House, Melbourne p197. Astolat, Camberwell p198. Fortuna, Bendigo p200. Miegunyah, Toorak p201. Marathon, Mount Eliza p202. Cranlana, Toorak p203. Part 3: going, going … p205. Sources p218. Index p221.