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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 […]

In memory of Dr ARTHUR RAYMOND PARKIN MB BS FROPA 1917 ~ 2003 Arthur was educated in Victoria at the Princes Hill State School and at Wesley College, before studying medicine at the Melbourne University 1936-1941. After graduation, he joined the Army on 25-06-1942 and spent the next few years at 45 Camp Hospital in

In memory of FREDERICK WILLIAM PADDOCK 1905 ~ 1988 The Orchid World of Australia has lost a great man and enthusiast, who passed away suddenly and peacefully on the 1st January, 1988. Bill’s passing was untimely and unexpected; and occurred early one morning as he was resting in his favourite armchair. Bill Paddock was a

In memory of WALTER (WAL) NICHOLSON 07-08-1929 – 09-12-2016 Wal first became interested in orchids when he worked in Toowoomba, helping to decorate the bank he worked in, for the Carnival of Flowers, back in 1954-60. A colleague’s neighbour grew Cymbidiums, conveniently flowering them each September, so were borrowed each year. This person was quite

In memory of PHYL NICHOLAS 17 July 1921 – 5 August 2019 She can rightly be regarded as the matriarch of orchid growers and societies in Tasmania. Phyl was born on 17 July 1923 and grew up on a rural property at Kempton where she learned to shoot a gun, her father insisting that she

In memory of CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS 25th October, 1923 ~ 11th December, 2014 Christopher Nicholas can rightly be regarded as the patriarch of orchid growers and orchid societies in Tasmania. Chris was born on 25 October, 1923 and grew up in Castle Forbes Bay attending primary school in the area. He completed his secondary education at

In memory of WILLIAM HUGH ‘BILL’ MURDOCH 17-09-1895 ~ 24-07-1989 W.H. (Bill) Murdoch was born on September 17th 1895 in South Gippsland. He saw service in World War 1 in both Gallipoli and France and also in World War II. Between the wars he had a business in Kurri Kurri where he married in 1921

In memory of BRIAN MILLIGAN 1931 – 2018 Brian was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 1 October 1931, but when he was only 5 years old, Brian and his mother moved to Adelaide where, spending all his school and university holidays working in the family market garden, Brian gained his love of growing plants. Once

In memory of ANDREÉ NORMA MILLAR OBE 1916 ~ 04-12-1995 Andrée Norma Millar was born in France in 1917 and passed away in PNG in 1995. She arrived in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 1947 with her husband, (a mining engineer), where they stayed there until ca. 1992 and became part of the country as

In memory of KEITH MAXWELL 1922 ~ 2003 Keith was born in Goulburn NSW in 1922 and sadly passed away on the 18th July, 2003. In 1941 Keith began training as an Agricultural teacher in Armidale NSW, this being interrupted by World War 2. When Keith was discharged in 1946, he began an Agricultural Science