Kōrero: Zoos and aquariums

Hagley Park

Hagley Park

In the 1860s acclimatisation societies imported all manner of animals. Many had grounds where imported animals were kept in enclosures. The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society had its grounds in Hagley Park. It was not long before the public were referring to it as ‘the zoo’, and many mothers visited with their children to see the latest exotic animals.

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Canterbury Museum, W. A. Taylor Collection
Reference: 1968.213.5184
Photograph by W. A. Taylor

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Maggy Wassilieff, 'Zoos and aquariums - Early zoos', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18428/hagley-park (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008