Reader recalls gathering Jacaranda seedlings for Irene Haxton's maternity hospital

By Maria Galinovic
November 22 2014 - 6:45am
Memories: Jacaranda boy, Warren Callender. Picture: John Veage
Memories: Jacaranda boy, Warren Callender. Picture: John Veage

Warren Callender saw the jacaranda story in the Leader last week with its inevitable mention of Sister Irene Haxton — the woman said to be responsible for most of southern Sydney's jacarandas — and immediately set off down memory lane.

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