White Hills Botanic Gardens Curators

Curators of White Hills Botanic Gardens

Year	White Hills	Bendigo Parks & Gardens
1861	Mr Robson - Gardener
1862	George Brown – Park Keeper, Keeper
1865-c.1871	Martin Sullivan - Keeper
c.1871-1872	Various contractors for maintenance
1872-1873	Mr Franklin - Curator
1873-1875	Samuel G. Gadd - Curator
1875-?	George Brown - Keeper	Samuel G. Gadd – Curator of White Hills B.G., Camp Reserve (Rosalind Park) & Lake Weeroona (from 1878)
1897	Mr W. Duncan - Caretaker	”
1902	Mr McDonough - Caretaker	”
1904-1908	”	Mr Shaw – Curator of Parks & Gardens
1908-1917	”	Charles Rumball - Curator of Parks & Gardens
1917-1919	”	Mr (G.?) Brown – acting Curator of Parks & Gardens
1919	”	Mr Campbell - Curator of Parks & Gardens
1930	”	”
1942	Mr J. Wallace - Caretaker	”
1946	”	Tom Moyle – Parks Curator
1957	”	”
Prior to 1966	Stan O'Neill – Caretaker, Head Gardener	”
1973	”	M. John Beaumont – Superintendent, Parks & Recreation (brother of Tom Beaumont at Ballarat)
1981	„	Philip Batchelor - Superintendent, Parks & Recreation
1983	„	George Bentley – acting Superintendent, Parks & Recreation
1984	„	Alexander (Sandy) R. Ireland - Superintendent, Parks & Recreation
c.1992-1993	Kay Bohem - Caretaker (non-resident)	”
1994-1995	”	”
1995	Various council staff & contractors (introduction of Compulsory Competitive Tendering after council amalgamations and creation of City of Greater Bendigo)	”
1996	”	Mark Geyer - Manager Bendigo Parks
July 2005	„	Mitch Kemp – Coordinator, Parks & Natural Environment
2006-present	Sandra Crump – Head Gardener	”

This list was compiled by Jane Cleary, Friends of Bendigo's Botanic Gardens, and Lee Andrews. Dates are when the person is recorded as being in the position, but it cannot be assumed that their tenure was continuous.