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.

Timeline

 c. 1857 - 1977 Melbourne Zoological Gardens
       1977 - Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens

Related People

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, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 80-81. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050095b.htm. Details

Resources

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