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Science is dependent on communication - networks of patronage, training, exchange and information. These networks often took on an imperial form, centred on the scientific institutions of Britain - Australian scientists were consigned to the periphery. Thus even an extremely well-credentialled scientist like Ferdinand von Mueller found himself at the wrong end of the exchange system - unable to prepare the Flora Australis from Australia! But Mueller himself was a centre for patronage and exchange, maintaining an active and diverse network of collectors around the country. When we examine the centre/periphery model closely we find a more complex picture - networks within networks. Who gains access to these various centres of authority and why? What about women scientists? What about amateurs? What roles do they find within these networks?
Looking north-west. Senior Library Service Officer, John Christou, and casual Library Service Officer, Jenny Smith, pictured.
The Old Quadrangle is the oldest building on campus. It was designed by Francis
White, with apartments on the east and west wings for the professors. Camellia
bushes have been a feature of the courtyard since the 1860s. The southern cloisters
were finally realised in 1970.
The sea gulls must've been really unsettled today. The windsurfers must've been even more unsettled :-) I'm glad I didn't go out today :-)
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Graph borrowed from bay wind