George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
George Brown
George Brown started work for the Darwin City Council, as a foreman
at the Botanic Gardens in 1969. In 1971 he was appointed as
Curator of the Gardens. In December 1974 the Gardens was devasted
by cyclone 'Tracy'. Eighty nine percent of the plants were
lost to this cyclone. By 1979 the Gardens had twenty percent
more plants than before the cyclone.
George Brown remained Curator until the Gardens came under control of the Parks and Wildlife Commission in 1990. In 1992 George Brown was elected as Mayor of Darwin City. He remained Mayor up until his death in January 2002.
In recognition of George Brown's contribution and 32 years service to the development of Darwin, the Northern Territory Government changed the name of the 'Darwin Botanic Gardens' to 'George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens'.
