CHS Local History Lectures 16th August 1.30pm-3.30pm
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Our August Saturday afternoon lectures at the Cairns Historical Society are nearly upon us and back by popular demand is Janine Evans with a paper on the curse of the north Lantana: a weeds guide to empire. Based on her Honours research, this paper explores how weeds were an inevitable outcome of colonial clearing for agriculture, overgrazing and over-use of fire for pastoralism. In many cases, plants like lantana were planted as ornamental garden plants only to escape into the environment an later create havoc. Following hot on the heels of colonial weeds is a paper by well-known local historian, Jan Wegner. “What plants did the Chinese introduce to the north?”, reveals some of the varieties of new food plants introduced to north Queensland by Chinese settlers and dispels some of the many myths surrounding Chinese settlers being responsible for the introduction of several weed varieties.When: 16th August 2025
Where: Cairns Museum, Cairns Historical Society Lecture Room 1
Date
Saturday 16 August 2025 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (UTC+10)Location
Cairns Museum
Cairns School of Arts Building, Cnr Lake and Shields Streets , Cairns Queensland 4870
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CHS Local History Lectures 16th August 1.30pm-3.30pm
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