{"id":1842,"date":"2019-03-12T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2019-03-12T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:28:34","slug":"local-flora-exhibition-blossoms-from-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/12\/local-flora-exhibition-blossoms-from-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Local flora exhibition blossoms from partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nA cross-pollination of science, environment, education and art has spawned a vivid depiction of Newcastle\u2019s diverse flora, now on exhibition at Newcastle Museum.
\nThe Flora of the Hunter Region<\/em>\u00a0exhibition features 33 natural illustrations of plant life carefully reproduced from images in a newly released book published by the University of Newcastle in partnership with the CSIRO.
\n\"Insideflora.jpg\"Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes and Museum Director Julie Baird at Newcastle Museum<\/strong>
\nLord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the exhibition had several layers to it, which have come about through an important collaboration of scientific, academic and artistic minds.
\n\u201cThis is a striking and colourful art exhibition that wraps the science and history of Newcastle\u2019s endangered flora all into one,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.
\n\u201cThe level of thought and the detail to which this exhibition has been planned and curated is truly remarkable and a credit to our staff and exhibition partners.
\n\u201cWhat was first simply a conversation to launch a book has now turned into an established partnership between the University of Newcastle, CSIRO and Newcastle Museum that adds serious credibility to the book\u2019s meaning, and in turn, the museum\u2019s exhibition.”
\n\"Inside2flora.jpg\"Newcastle Museum Director Julie Baird said the exhibition captures the exceptional level of detail and history of the local plant life contained within the book.
\n\u201cThe University approached us about a space to launch a new book they were publishing on endangered plant life of the Hunter.\u201d
\n\u201cThree months since that December meeting, we\u2019re proud to say we\u2019ve been able to achieve that vision.\u201d
\nThe book,\u00a0Flora of the Hunter Region \u2013 Endemic Trees and Larger Shrubs,\u00a0<\/em>piqued the interest of the CSIRO, Australia\u2019s chief science agency, due to its level of rare and insightful scientific information.
\nCo-authored by Hunter-based botanist and University\u00a0Conjoint Stephen Bell, Christine Rockley and Anne Lewellyn, it details 54 endemic trees and large shrubs native to the Hunter.
\nInformation includes the identification, habitat, ecology and distribution of each of the 54 different each species.
\nThe exhibition itself will showcase 33 of the images contained within the book, including three plant species new to science and two presumed extinct. Everyone one of them is native to the Hunter.
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\n<\/strong><\/sup><\/sub>Broad-Leaved Pepperbrush: Installation by Esther Bolz<\/strong><\/sup><\/sub>
\nThe exhibition will be on display in Newcastle Museum from 12 March until 10 June 2019. For more information, visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.newcastlemuseum.com.au\/Exhibitions\/Exhibitions\/FLORA-of-the-Hunter-Region<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A cross-pollination of science, environment, education and art has spawned a vivid depiction of Newcastle\u2019s diverse flora, now on exhibition at Newcastle Museum. The Flora of the Hunter Region\u00a0exhibition features 33 natural illustrations of plant life carefully reproduced from images in a newly released book published by the University of Newcastle in partnership with the … Continue reading “Local flora exhibition blossoms from partnership”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}