▁germ inate , ▁and ▁th rive ▁after ▁relatively ▁small ▁amounts ▁of ▁ra inf all . ▁For ▁the ▁times , ▁this ▁was ▁pione ering ▁knowledge , ▁and ▁largely ▁origin ated ▁from ▁Albert ' s ▁detailed ▁botan ical ▁studies ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁fl ora . ▁ ▁The ▁Bro ken ▁Hill ▁reg ener ation ▁area : ▁ 1 9 3 6 - 5 8 ▁ ▁Work ▁on ▁the ▁tree ▁plant ations , ▁which ▁were ▁located ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁Z inc ▁Corporation ▁min ing , ▁office ▁and ▁resident ial ▁complex , ▁continued , ▁but ▁Morris ▁was ▁now ▁also ▁man aging , ▁again ▁in ▁an ▁honor ary ▁capacity , ▁the ▁new ▁project , ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁f enced ▁reg ener ation ▁res erves ▁along ▁the ▁south - west ▁per imeter ▁of ▁Bro ken ▁Hill . ▁This ▁work , ▁which ▁ultimately ▁compr ised ▁the ▁first ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁Bro ken ▁Hill ▁reg ener ation ▁area , ▁comm enced ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁and ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁February , ▁ 1 9 3 7 . ▁Further ▁res erves ▁were ▁added ▁between ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁entire ▁south ▁and ▁west ward ▁aspects ▁of ▁Bro ken ▁Hill ▁were ▁protected ▁from ▁wind ▁driven ▁sand - dr ifts ▁by ▁naturally ▁reg ener ated ▁ind igen ous ▁veget ation ▁of ▁the ▁type ▁that ▁naturally ▁occurred ▁on ▁the ▁site . ▁ ▁Sad ly , ▁Albert ▁Morris ▁died ▁in ▁January , ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁after ▁several ▁months