Corporate Body
Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens (1977 - )
- From
- 1977
Parkville, Victoria, Australia - Functions
- Conservation or Environment, Collection Management and Veterinary or Animal Health Industries
- Website
- http://www.zoo.org.au
- Location
- Elliott Avenue, Parkville, Victoria 3052
Summary
The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens can trace their history back to 1862, when the Melbourne Zoological Gardens were established at the Royal Park site in 1862. The Zoo was granted royal charter in 1977. In 2002 the Zoo houses over 350 species and is situated on a 55 acre site.
Related entries
Timeline
c. 1857 - 1977 Melbourne Zoological Gardens
1977 - Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens
Superior
Published resources
Books
- De Courcy, Catherine, The Zoo Story (Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin, 1995), 290 pp. Details
- De Courcy, Catherine, Evolution of a Zoo: a History of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, 1857-1900 (Auburn: Quiddlers Press, 2003), 90 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Gillbank, Linden, 'A Paradox of Purposes: Acclimatization Origins of The Melbourne Zoo' in New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century, R. J. Hoage and William A. Deiss, eds (Baltimore/London: John Hopkins University Press in association with the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Inst., 1996), pp. 73-85. Details
- McEvey, Allan, 'Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 80-81. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050095b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578027. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/136064783. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-616061. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 22 July 2002, Last modified: 21 March 2006