A002089 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2002-07-22 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-07-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002089b.htm corporateBody Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens AACR2 1977 Start Place Parkville, Victoria, Australia Location Elliott Avenue, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Conservation or Environment Collection Management Veterinary or Animal Health Industries 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. Melbourne Zoological Gardens (c. 1857 - 1977) Mitchell, Graham Frank (1941 - )

Director 1990 - 1993

 McCubbin, Charles Wilson (1930 - 2010)

Assisted in setting up the butterfly house 1980s

 Zoological Board of Victoria (1937 - 1996) Zoological Parks and Gardens Board (1996 - )

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 'Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne McEvey, Allan Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 80-81 Book: Evolution of a Zoo: a History of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, 1857-1900 De Courcy, Catherine Evolution of a Zoo: a History of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, 1857-1900 Auburn Quiddlers Press 2003 Book Section: A Paradox of Purposes: Acclimatization Origins of The Melbourne Zoo Gillbank, Linden A Paradox of Purposes: Acclimatization Origins of The Melbourne Zoo Baltimore/London John Hopkins University Press in association with the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Inst. 1996 New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century R. J. Hoage and William A. Deiss 73-85 Book: The Zoo Story De Courcy, Catherine The Zoo Story Ringwood, Victoria Penguin 1995 Book: How to breed butterflies McCubbin, Charles, and the educational staff of the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens How to breed butterflies Parkville, Vic. Zoological Board of Victoria 1985