where vaults, containing some of the state’s most important artefacts, house plants that can be used to solve crimes, track climate change and paint a picture of what Australia looked like decades ago.
Among the collections lie seeds collected by Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander on their voyage with Captain Cook almost 200 years ago. The specimens at the Herbarium are used for many purposes, including solving crimes and tracking climate change.“Because we have this collection and groups of collections, we can also start to look at things like how flowering times have changed over 250 years and how the environment might be changing.”
ameliamcguiree Laura_R_Chung on very rare occasions, Govts get something right. bravo to writer as well! this is super neat. wonder if they give tours!?