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Historic Walls

In 1829, Governor George Arthur ordered the construction [Photo] of a heated wall to protect frost tender plants and extend growing periods of fruit trees on the boundary of the Colonial Gardens.

In the milder climate of Van Diemen's Land, fruit trees flourished without artificial heat, and the convict-built wall was only heated for a few years.

Perhaps to rival Arthur's wall, Governor Sir John Eardley-Wilmot also ordered the construction, also by convicts, of a wall 280 metres long on the eastern boundary of the Gardens.

The walls provide structure and unique heritage value to the Gardens.