Pierce Galliard Smith

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The Reverend Pierce Galliard Smith (1826 - 1908) was the rector at St John the Baptist Church, Reid in Canberra, Australia. He was well known for planting trees all over his 2330 square kilometre parish.

Born in Scotland he arrived in New South Wales with his family in 1885. He moved to Canberra and lived at a cottage at Acton until 1873 when he and his family moved into the new Glebe House (that was demolished in the mid 20th Century). Many of Canberra's trees were propagated from the trees that he planted around Glebe House. In 1889 he was thrown from his horse and broke a leg. He was unable to ride again and had to visit his parish in a carriage. In 1905 he retired to Queanbeyan where he died in 1908. He is buried at St Johns.

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• Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales, J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985 ISBN 0-86417-049-1