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Zoos in Australia in Zoo Associations & Virtual Zoo Directory

    

Since Captain Cooks exploration of the east coast of Australia in 1770, with the botanist Joseph Banks, Europeans have been fascinated by the strange flora and fauna of Australia. However, the first zoo in Australia, Melbourne Zoo, wasnt established until 1862.

 


Website: http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/zoo/

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