Record ID:
36151236 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Heading:
Used for:
  • Melbourne Zoo
See also:
Notes:
  • Land was set aside for zoological gardens at Royal Park, Melbourne in 1862. From 1871, the gardens were referred to as the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society's Gardens, and from 1910 as the Gardens of The Royal Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria. Generally known as the Melbourne Zoological Gardens after the establishment of the Zoological Board of Victoria in 1936, they became the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens in 1977. Publications about these bodies are entered under the name used at the time of publication.
Local system number:
  • (VSL)822895
  • abv02578533
  • 000001157775
Cataloguing source:
  • ANL eng VSL
Authentication code:
  • anuc