Hugh Linaker (1872–1938) was a gardener and landscape gardener, who worked on various local and state government projects in the State of Victoria , Australia.[ 1]
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Melbourne)
Originally hailing from Ballarat,[ 2] he was appointed as the Curator of Parks and Gardens for Ararat 1901 where he landscaped the Ararat Botanic Gardens, today better known as Alexandra Park.[ 3] He applied, and was successful in 1912, to become the 'landscape gardener, Hospital for the Insane,' a position he held until 1937.[ 4] [ 5]
It is in this role, that Linaker produced multiple designs for the government, and is particularly well known for his landscape planning associated with psychiatric hospitals .
Grounds designed by Linaker for the government include Alexandra Park, Ararat.,[ 3] Aradale Asylum ,[ 4] Buchan Caves ,[ 6] Maroondah Reservoir Park ,[ 7] May Day Hills/Beechworth Asylum ,[ 5] Mont Park ,[ 8] Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden [ 9] [ 10] within the King's Domain ,[ 11] Sunbury Asylum ,[ 12] Yarra Bend Park ,[ 13] and the SEC company town of Yallourn [ 2]
He also was involved in the design of private gardens, the best-known of which is Burnham Beeches in Sherbrooke, Dandenong Ranges .[ 14]
Linaker's style of using vertical trees is evident in his plantings, such as at the Maroondah Reservoir Park.
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^ a b "Aradale Mental Hospital Garden" . Victorian Heritage Database Report . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ a b "Farms & gardens in Victorian Mental Health Institutions" . Museums Victoria Collections . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ "Buchan Caves Reserve - Australian E-Heritage" . eheritage.net . Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ "Maroondah Reservoir Park | PROV" . www.prov.vic.gov.au . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ "Mont Park" . National Trust . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ "A violet begets violence" . The Weekly Review . 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ Melbourne, School of Historical Studies, Department of History, The University of. "Pioneer Women's Memorial - Cultural Artefact - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online" . www.emelbourne.net.au . Retrieved 11 November 2017 . {{cite web }}
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^ Domain Parklands Master Plan (PDF) . City of Melbourne. 1997.
^ "VHD" . vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ "Plan, layout, and planting [cartographic material] : Yarra Bend National Park / H. Linaker ; photo-lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne, 3.6.30. - Version details" . Trove . Retrieved 11 November 2017 .
^ Saniga, Andrew (2012). Making Landscape Architecture in Australia . UNSW Press. ISBN 9781742246079 .