The importance of Arbor Day in South Australia

By the 1870s trees were rapidly being cut down in South Australia to make way for agriculture, which prompted the government of the day to act. With the help of Governor and Lady Kintore, find out how tree planting and Arbor Day became an annual event that started on 20 June 1889.
This reel was created from the Cornucopia: Gardens and Gardening in South Australia exhibition, which was created into a website: stories.slsa.sa.gov.au/cornucopia-gardens-and-gardening-in-south-australia
A story from the stacks of the State Library of South Australia. slsa.sa.gov.au/stories