Hugh Linaker

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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.{{Cite journal|date=April 2009|title=Hugh Linaker, landscape gardener to the Lunacy Department: a unique position|url=http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=200904713;res=IELAPA|journal=Australian Garden History|language=en|volume=20|issue=4}}

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Originally hailing from Ballarat,{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12505905|title=MR. HUGH LINAKER|date=11 October 1938|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|access-date=11 November 2017|pages=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.{{Cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/architecture/display/30072-hugh-linaker|title=Hugh Linaker {{!}} Monument Australia|last=Design|first=UBC Web|website=monumentaustralia.org.au|language=en|access-date=11 November 2017}} He applied, and was successful in 1912, to become the 'landscape gardener, Hospital for the Insane,' a position he held until 1937.{{Cite web|url=http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/70188/download-report|title=Aradale Mental Hospital Garden|website=Victorian Heritage Database Report|access-date=11 November 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/11536|title=Farms & gardens in Victorian Mental Health Institutions|work=Museums Victoria Collections|access-date=11 November 2017}}

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., Aradale Asylum, Buchan Caves,{{Cite web|url=https://eheritage.net/record/VIC-71610|title=Buchan Caves Reserve - Australian E-Heritage|website=eheritage.net|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111151811/https://eheritage.net/record/VIC-71610|url-status=dead}} Maroondah Reservoir Park,{{Cite web|url=https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2014/maroondah-reservoir-park|title=Maroondah Reservoir Park {{!}} PROV|website=www.prov.vic.gov.au|language=en|access-date=11 November 2017}} May Day Hills/Beechworth Asylum, Mont Park,{{Cite web|url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/70193|title=Mont Park|website=National Trust|access-date=11 November 2017}} Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/domain/1823262-a-violet-begets-violence/|title=A violet begets violence|date=19 July 2013|work=The Weekly Review|access-date=11 November 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111152157/https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/domain/1823262-a-violet-begets-violence/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM02034b.htm|title=Pioneer Women's Memorial - Cultural Artefact - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online|last=Melbourne|first=School of Historical Studies, Department of History, The University of|website=www.emelbourne.net.au|language=en-gb|access-date=11 November 2017}} within the King's Domain,{{Cite book|title=Domain Parklands Master Plan|publisher=City of Melbourne|year=1997|url=https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/domain-parklands-master-plan.pdf}} Sunbury Asylum,{{Cite web|url=http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/1131|title=VHD|website=vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=11 November 2017}} Yarra Bend Park,{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/9018157|title=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|website=Trove|language=en|access-date=11 November 2017}} and the SEC company town of Yallourn

He also was involved in the design of private gardens, the best-known of which is Burnham Beeches in Sherbrooke, Dandenong Ranges.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXfBFTo6Ez4C&dq=%22Hugh+linaker%22+private+gardens%27&pg=PA53|title=Making Landscape Architecture in Australia|last=Saniga|first=Andrew|date=2012|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=9781742246079|language=en}}

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