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Melbourne Zoo is a zoo in Melbourne, Australia. It is located within Royal Park in Parkville, approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the centre of Melbourne. It is the primary zoo serving Melbourne. As of 2021, the zoo contains 3742 animals comprising 243 species, [6] from Australia and around the world.
The Melbourne Zoo Carousel is a restored Victorian era carousel (or merry-go-round) in Melbourne Zoo, Victoria, Australia.The carousel was manufactured in England in 1878 and then brought to Australia in 1886 by a family that ran a touring carnival, visiting country towns in Victoria.
This is an accurate list of zoos in Australia.For aquariums, see List of aquaria in Australia.. Zoos are primarily facilities where animals are displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
Werribee Open Range Zoo is an African themed zoo in Werribee, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Zoological Parks and Gardens Board or Zoos Victoria, which also includes Melbourne Zoo , Kyabram Fauna Park , and Healesville Sanctuary .
Melbourne Zoo butterfly enclosure, Melbourne, Australia; Otago Museum Tūhura Tropical Forest, Dunedin, New Zealand; West Lynn Garden and Butterfly House [49] (native species/monarch only), New Lynn, Auckland; Tinny's Butterfly House and Underwater Cafe, [50] Bob’s Farm, Australia; Butterfly house in Butterfly Creek, Auckland
Healesville Sanctuary, formally known as the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary, is a zoo specialising in native Australian animals. It is located at Healesville in rural Victoria, Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals. It is one of only two places to have successfully bred a platypus, the other being Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
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Children on Queenie the elephant at Melbourne Zoo, 1917. Queenie was a female Indian elephant who was used to give rides for children at Melbourne Zoo for 40 years.. Born in the wild, in India around 1900, or perhaps as early as 1895, she arrived at Melbourne Zoo in March 1902—her acquisition funded by Frederick Sheppard Grimwade—and started carrying joy-riders in 1905.
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