over many hundreds of rugged hectares, would have required extensive seed collection and plant propagation capabilities, and generous personnel resources and funding; it is unlikely that such a project would even be feasible today. There is no evidence of such a large planting project occurring at the time of the establishment of the regeneration reserves. It was clearly Morris's intention that the establishment of vegetation in the regeneration reserves was to be primarily left to the factors associated with natural regeneration: germination of existing, naturally deposited and wind dispersed seeds of the local flora, the regrowth of established but degraded in ground rootstocks, and the local rainfall of approximately 250mm per year. Crucially, fencing around the reserves excluded the livestock and rabbits that had previously decimated this indigenous flora. In fact, University of Sydney researchers Professor Eric Ashby and Ilma Pidgeon were drawn to the project in order to study the spectacular natural regeneration of the indigenous flora that had occurred following exclusion of stock, and concluded that ‘fencing the land has restored the vegetation’. Spreading of seed by hand, and the ploughing of moisture impermeable claypans (aka scalds), were techniques also contemplated by Morris. Relatively little or no tree or shrub planting was done in order to establish the regeneration reserves, except in an undefined section of regeneration reserve no. 2, which was also irrigated, as this reserve was adjacent to the small and irrigated tree plantation no. 1, now known as Albert Morris Park. Some planting was carried out by community members along water courses and in claypans, and extensive tree planting was carried out along some road verges from approximately 1939. Ecological restoration The historical regeneration area project exhibits principles of the contemporary environmental repair concept, ecological restoration. See National standards for the practice of ecological restoration in Australia. Substantial to full restoration of the indigenous flora was aspired to; appropriate levels of site intervention, predominantly in the form of fencing and small amounts of furrowing and planting were adopted, with re-establishment of the indigenous vegetation primarily left to natural regeneration; formal science and local ecological knowledge were utilised; the indigenous flora and fauna were conserved; the residents of Broken Hill came to appreciate and engage with the project. However, as noted, there is no record of Traditional Owners and Custodians of the regional lands, the Wilyakali community, being presented with opportunities to consider contributing to the