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Walter Hill (1820–1904) was the first curator of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Gardens Point in Brisbane, Australia. ==Personal life== Walter Hill was born at Scotsdyke, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on 31 December 1819, the son of David Hill and Elizabeth Beattie.〔(Biography of Walter Hill, Australian National Botanic Gardens )〕〔(Photo of Walter Hill, Picture Queensland )〕 Scotsdyke is virtually on the border of England and Scotland and is presumably a reference to the moat about south of the village of Canobie (now spelled ''Canonbie''). Walter married Jane Smith, the daughter of John Smith and Jane Brunton, on 16 September 1849 at Holy Trinity Brompton Church, Middlesex, England. They had a daughter Ann (born 25 April 1850 in England, died 1 November 1871 in Brisbane).〔Monumental Inscriptions, Toowong Cemetery〕 The family immigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1852 on the "Maitland", where Walter initially tried his luck on the goldfields. In 1855, Walter undertook an expedition (as a botanist) to North Queensland in which most of the party were murdered by Aborigines.〔(The Murder of Mr Strange and Others, Moreton Bay Courier, Saturday 14 April 1855 )〕 After this, Water accepted the position of curator of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. The death of their only daughter, Ann, in 1871 was tragic for Walter and Jane. She was buried in Toowong Cemetery, despite it not being opened for burials. However, Governor Samuel Blackall had already been buried there prior to its opening and Ann's burial was the 2nd of six burials that preceded the official openings. Walter planted a hoop pine near Ann's grave and did a number of other plantings in the cemetery, despite having no apparent official role in connection with it.〔(Toowong Cemetery )〕 It appears he was simply motivated to make her burial ground a beautiful place. Until Walter's retirement in 1881, the family lived in the Curator's Cottage at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. This cottage was washed away in the 1890s in a flood and was replaced by the Curator's Cottage which exists today as the City Gardens Cafe, a venue well-patronised by tourists and staff of the adjacent Queensland University of Technology's Gardens Point campus.〔(Brisbane City Botanic Gardens: FAQ )〕 After retiring, Walter established a new home "Canobie Lea" at Eight Mile Plains, Queensland, which was (perhaps unsurprisingly) well known for its landscaping. Canobie is a village in Dumfriesshire close to Walter's birthplace of Scotsdyke. He died at his home "Canobie Lea" on 4 February 1904.〔(Biography of Walter Hill, Australian National Botanic Gardens )〕 He is buried in Toowong Cemetery together with his wife Jane (died 1888) in the same grave as their daughter Ann (died 1871).〔(Hill, Walter ) — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search〕 As his wife and only child pre-deceased him, Walter's niece, Mrs Mary Hamilton (daughter of Walter's brother David Hall) appears to have inherited "Canobie Lea". Mary and her husband restored the house, replacing the shingle roof with a tin roof. Mary died in 1921 and in 1931, the property was sold.〔(Hamilton's residence 'Canobie Lea' at Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1910 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Hill (garden curator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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