
Fantastic Flora in Australia – First Fleet to Federation
At the English colonization of this extraordinary continent in 1788 the flora was so exotic many explorers thought they would find the original Garden of Eden
At the English colonization of this extraordinary continent in 1788 the flora was so exotic many explorers thought they would find the original Garden of Eden
By the 1840’s in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land years of economic depression and drought began as the first Australian pastoral boom passed. It was the discovery of gold and resultant flood of fortune seekers that sent the colonial economy into boom again. As in England a grand…