Roses, tennis & democracy
Subtitle: the story of of the Old Parliament House Gardens, Canberra
By: John Gray
Publisher: Australian Government, National Capital Authority
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9780646911496
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: History; Rose gardens; Gardens; Landscape architecture; Old Parliament House Gardens (A.C.T.); Old Parliament House (Canberra, A.C.T.)
Other titles: Roses, tennis and democracy
Description: "The 87 year-old Parliament House Gardens rank today amongst the most outstanding public gardens in Australia. Roses remain a diominant element. Between 1927 and 1988 they served 900 parliamentarians. For those working in the then overcrowded Provisional Parliament House, they were a valuable safety valve. Here were landscape places close to the Parliament to which they could retreat from the pressure of working in the building. In this book, John Gray sketches the story of these gardens. He records why thay were originally created by the Australian Parliament, how the parliamentarians used them, how they have been converted to public gardens and in what way the gardens now reflect the priinciples of Australian democracy"--Back cover.
Notes: "Published by the National Capital Authority to mark the 10th anniversary of the reconstruction of Old Parliament House Gardens as public gardens".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-102) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Forward; title: Plan of the gardens; title: Explanations and abbreviations; title: Acknowledgements; title: Preface; title: 1. Garden setting for Parliament, 1920s; title: 2. The rose garden solution, 1930s; title: 3. A special place for members and senators; title: 4. Conserved by the Parliament; title: 5. Planning for public gardens, 1990s; title: 6. The gardens today; title: 7. A special place in the National Capital; title: Appendices; title: End notes; title: Select bibliography; title: Pictorial source index; title: Text index.