Talk:Carlton Gardens, Melbourne

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This article needs work. Somebody needs to go back to more substantial secondary sources for the history, such as Georgina Whitehead's Civilising the City: A history of Melbourne's Public Gardens. The City of Melbourne marketing department's information and the citations for Heritage Victoria and the World Heritage listing are derived mainly from these, often through a series of 'chinese whispers' that result in a hash of facts. Their claims are also hyperbolic at times, e.g. the 'botanical significance' of the quite limited range of species in the Carlton Gardens is risible. There are many fine trees, it is a fine landscape, but it is not a significant botanical collection. I have made a few obvious corrections but there is more that should be done. R Jones 22:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC)