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Harry Oakman

|birth_place=Lommel, Limburg, Belgium |death_date= |death_place=Moggill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia }} Henry Octave Cyril Vereecke (4 April 1906 – 16 June 2002), better known as Harry Oakman, was one of Australia's foremost gardening authorities and a pioneer of Australian architectural landscaping. An immigrant from Belgium, Oakman wrote numerous illustrated books on gardening and, as a public landscaper, enjoyed enormous influence over the design of open spaces in Brisbane, Canberra, and Newcastle. Provided by Wikipedia