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Curator holds a box full of banksia pods and seeds.

Yellow envelope holding seeds.

Two young plants held by the curator.

"Nothing beats the importance of national parks where we preserve plants in the wild, however sometimes our seeds and plants can be threatened,"
he said.

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Envelopes filled with seeds in a box.

Large pod in a container holding seeds and a label.

Man enters a cold vault.

Seeds drying on a tray.

"The vault has only 14 per cent humidity, so it's very dry and if you stayed inside here your skin would shrivel up like these seeds."

Large pandanus pods held by a curator.

Shelves of seeds stored in bottles for safe keeping.

White board filled with names and numbers.

Banksia pods in a bucket and box ready for sorting.

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