The installation of Jonathan
Jones' barrangal dyara (skin and bones) is nearing completion on site at The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
As we eagerly await the work's completion, we take a look back at the almost equally rapid, hugely ambitious process of building the Garden Palace over seven months in 1879.
Image 1, 2 & 3: State Library of New South Wales Construction of the Garden Palace, Sydney International Exhibition building, 1879
Image 4: State Records NSW. Building works, The Garden Palace.
All barrangal dyara (skin and bones) installation shots by Peter Greig.
Michelle Demers is a scientific advisor and cultivator on 
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