Hobart Zoo我还没去过,就在Botanical Garden附近而已。不过已关闭了!~
这里有它的一些简介:
The gates to the old Beaumaris Zoo site. Some of the remains of the original zoo can be seen in the background on the right.
Date opened 1923
Date closed 1937
Location Hobart, Tasmania, AUS
Land area 2 hectares
The Hobart Zoo (also known as Beaumaris Zoo) was an old-fashioned style Zoological Gardens located on the Queens Domain in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The Zoo's site is very close to the site of the Tasmanian Governor's House, and the Botanical Gardens. Although its location is now primarily the site of a Hobart City Council depot, some remnants, and archaeological remains of the original Zoo can still be seen.
The Hobart Zoo is most famous for being the location where footage of the last known living Tasmanian Tiger was taken in 1936. It died in captivity in Hobart Zoo on 7 September 1936.
The Zoo was set in the surrounds of sweeping gardens, and had commanding views across the Derwent River.
The Hobart Zoo was originally part of a private collection and was known as Beaumaris Zoo. In 1923 the Hobart City Council acquired the Zoo, and removed it to a rehabilitated quarry site on the Queen's Domain. The Zoo was home to a wide variety of Australian, Tasmanian and other exotic species, and also housed bird aviaries. The collection included lions, monkeys, polar bears and elephants. The animals were not kept in natural enclosures as is the norm in modern zoos, but rather kept in bare concrete cages behind bars, although this was common practice during the period of the zoo's operation.
The Zoo was closed in 1937 due to severe financial problems, and the site was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy, and converted into a fuel storage depot for the nearby HMAS Huon shore base. The Navy used the site from 1943 until 1991, when it reverted to the Hobart City Council. They used it as a storage depot, but it is being converted into a wildlife rehabilitation and education centre.
推荐你另外一个动物园:ZOODOO PARK
在Richmond那儿~
网址:http://www.zoodoo.com.au/
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