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In loving memory of JOAN ROWLANDS 1930 ~ 2008 Joan Margaret Bean was born in Palmwoods, Queensland to a fruit farmer and his wife. Joan was the third of four children and attended school in Palmwoods travelling the few kilometres on horseback in her early days. She was in Brisbane with her mother in 1942 […]

In memory of ROBERT ‘BOB’ ROWLANDS 19th May 1930 – 20th April 2018 Bob was born in Richmond and spent his younger years in the family home in Alphington.  After graduating from Melbourne University he started work as a Biochemist with Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and that is where he met his wife Joan.  They finally married in

In memory of NEVILLE ROPER 24-02-1952 ~ 06-11-2015 Neville was an esteemed member of the Sutherland Shire Orchid Society and was awarded a life membership in 2002. By profession he was a school teacher with teaching positions within the general area of the Sutherland Shire. He joined the Sutherland Shire Orchid Society in the early 1980’s and

In memory of ALLAN ROBERT ROBINSON 01-05-1921 ~ 24-03-2001 Allan died on the 24th of March, 2001. He was a quiet and wholly modest man. With his wife Dot, he was an exuberant and willing worker for the various orchid societies to which he belonged. He grew orchids for twenty two years and was a

In memory of RAY ROBINSON 17-08-1937 – 15-11-2016 Ray and Barbara started their hobby by accident. After they moved into their home in Townsville which had very little growing in the garden, Barbara’s father came over to visit. What started their hobby was asking him to pot up one of his asparagus ferns. Around this

In memory of Dr WILLIAM RUSSELL RIGG 13th August, 1904 ~ 21st August, 2003 Bill Rigg, the eldest of four children, was born in 1904 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1912 when he was eight, he and his family migrated to Australia on the S.S. Paparoa. His family settled in West Brunswick where his initial education

In memory of JAMES NOEL RENTOUL 25th December, 1909 ~ 15th March, 1991 J.N. (Jim) Rentoul began growing orchids in 1937, when he was first married and had purchased his first home in Glen Iris (Victoria). His fast-developing passion was curtailed by service in WW II, although he did still manage to collect and care

In memory of JOHN PORTER A donation has been made to the Australian Orchid Trust Fund by theNorth Brisbane Orchid Society (Queensland). AOTF: 393  

In memory of DAVID LAWRENCE PIKO 11-02-1952 ~ 19-05-2014 David was an outstanding photographer and through his love of the bush he developed a passion for native orchids. These two hobbies blended exceptionally well. David was frequent visitor to Mt. Cannibal at Garfield North, Victoria and was also a dedicated member of the ‘Friends of

In memory of RONALD PEARCE 29-09-1915 ~ 29-01-2002 Both of Ron’s parents were from families of early settlers in the Blackburn and Doncaster regions of eastern Melbourne. They were orchardists and market gardeners well before 1906, specialising in orchard crops such as apples, pears, peaches, apricots, lemons, cherries and nectarines. He was invited into the