Place archive
Melbourne Zoo, located in Parkville, Victoria, is Australia’s oldest continuously operating zoo, managed by Zoos Victoria alongside sister sites Werribee Open Range Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary. As a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, it participates in coordinated breeding programs for threatened species including the orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster), one of Australia’s most endangered birds, and the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and protected under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Its 2009 giant panda program, a partnership with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, hosted Wang Wang and Fu Ni for 15 years, supporting research into Ailuropoda melanoleuca nutrition and reproductive physiology alongside
How this page is organized
This page gathers the residents linked to Melbourne Zoo, the key moments recorded here, nearby institutions, and the articles that add context.
Resident archive
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Recorded moments
In the library
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World map
Coordinates: 37.7844 S, 144.9515 E
Archive notes
Melbourne Zoo, located in Parkville, Victoria, is Australia’s oldest continuously operating zoo, managed by Zoos Victoria alongside sister sites Werribee Open Range Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary. As a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, it participates in coordinated breeding programs for threatened species including the orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster), one of Australia’s most endangered birds, and the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and protected under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Its 2009 giant panda program, a partnership with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, hosted Wang Wang and Fu Ni for 15 years, supporting research into Ailuropoda melanoleuca nutrition and reproductive physiology alongside