Healesville Sanctuary
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Healesville Sanctuary, or the Sir Colin MacKenzie Fauna Park, is a zoo specializing in native Australian animals. It is located at Healesville on the outskirts of Melbourne, 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. It also assists with a breeding population of the endangered Helmeted Honeyeater.[1]
The zoo is set in a natural bushland environment where paths wind through different habitat areas showcasing wallabies, wombats, dingoes, kangaroos, and over 200 native bird varieties.
Conducted tours, bird shows and information areas are available to visitors.
Dr Colin MacKenzie (knighted in 1929) set up the Institute of Anatomical Research in 1920 on 78 acres (316,000 m²) of land which had formerly been part of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve. The Reserve passed to the Healesville Council in 1927 and became the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary in 1934.
The first platypus bred in captivity was born at the Sanctuary in 1943 when it was managed by David Fleay.
[edit] Animals and exhibits
[edit] General exhibits
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[edit] Koalas
[edit] Birds of the Bush
[edit] Kangaroos
[edit] Gang-gang Aviary
[edit] World of the Platypus/Platypusary
- Platypus
- Water Rat
- Gippsland Water Dragon
- Short-finned Eel
- Macquarie Perch
- Yabby
- Murray Crayfish
[edit] Woodland Aviary
[edit] Rock-wallaby
- Australian Pelican
- Black Swan
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
- Chestnut Teal
- Dusky Moorhen
- Magpie Goose
- Pacific Black Duck
- Purple Swamphen
[edit] Arid Birds
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Princess Parrot
- Budgerigar
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Variegated Fairy-wren
- Gouldian Finch
- Diamond Firetail
- Painted Finch
[edit] Wetlands Aviary
[edit] Wallabies
[edit] Wombat Closeup
[edit] Animals of the Night
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[edit] Cockatoos
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
- White-headed Pigeon
- Brush Bronzewing
- Wonga Pigeon
- Emerald Dove
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
[edit] Reptile Encounter
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[edit] Lyrebird Forest
[edit] Larger Wetlands Aviary
[edit] Flying Foxes
[edit] References
- ^ Menkhorst P, Smales I, Quin B (2003). Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Plan 1999-2003. Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
[edit] External links
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Melbourne Zoo | Healesville Sanctuary | Werribee Open Range Zoo |
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