Beaumaris Zoo
Lower Domain Road, Hobart
Photographer: Tyr Liang
Beaumaris Zoo | Photographer: Matt Sansom
Beaumaris Zoo | Photographer: Matt Sansom
BOOKINGS OPEN AT 10 AM ON FRIDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2024
This abandoned zoo once housed a wide variety of animals including lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, monkeys and polar bears. It is most notably remembered as the home of the last thylacine in captivity, which died in 1936. Originally opened in 1895 at the Battery Point residence of socialite Mary Grant Roberts, the zoo was moved to a new zoological facility operated by the Hobart City Council at the Queens Domain in 1923. Wander amongst the ruins of old animal enclosures at this fascinating site.
Tours: Sunday 3 & Saturday 9 November 2024, 11am & 2pm
Duration: 80 minutes
Location
Domain
Building Types
Landscape
Zoological Gardens
Architectural Period
Interwar (1919-1940)
Features
Day on the Domain
Heritage
History of Hobart
Suitable for Children
Accessibilities
Level Changes
Pram Friendly
Steep Incline
Uneven Surfaces
Brendan Lennard
Brendan Lennard was the Senior Cultural Heritage Officer with the City of Hobart for twenty five years. He has been conducting tours of the Beaumaris Zoo site for over twenty years and continues to advocate even after his retirement. Read more
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We watched the last-minute bidding war on some items (looking at your chair, @other_furniture_) with absolute glee; because, together, you helped raise over $8000 for the Hobart Women's Shelter @hobartwomensshelter. Legends. THANK YOU!!
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