Bullen's Animal World

Bullen's Animal World
Date opened	17 January 1970
Date closed	1985
Location	11 Park Rd, Wallacia, New South Wales, Australia
Land area	242 ha (600 acres) [121 ha (299 acres) was in use of the land for the park]
Owner	Stafford Bullen

Bullen's Animal World was a circus style zoo & theme park located at Wallacia , New South Wales, Australia on the outskirts of Sydney owned by the Bullen family of circus proprietors. Its address was 11 Park Road, Wallacia. An equivalent one, Bullen's African Lion Safari, existed nearby at Warragamba a few kilometres away; as well as the Wanneroo Lion Park in Wanneroo in Perth. Upon its closure, some of the animals were moved to the lion park at Warragamba, while some were moved to a property a kilometer away, also in Wallacia, also owned by the Bullen family. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Background

The park was established in 1969 by Stafford Bullen, the son of circus founder Alfred Percival Bullen, officially opened to visitors in January 1970, and operated until 1985. Its closure was to foreshadow the closure of Bullen's other nearby venture, the African Lion Safari, in 1991.^{[ citation needed ]}

The park has numerous animal rides and amusement rides – go-carts, mini-bikes, jet boat, raft boat rides, water bikes, tractor rides, chair lifts, helicopter rides, giant slides, suspension bridge and giant play equipment. There are 8 kilometres of drive-through roads in the park.^{[ citation needed ]}

It included animals such as:

• American bison
• Asian elephants
• Asian water buffalos
• Black swans
• Black-backed jackals
• Blackbucks
• Bobcat
• Cattle
• Chimpanzees
• Common wallaroos
• Common wombat
• Domestic goats
• Domestic sheep
• Donkeys
• Dromedary camels
• Eastern grey kangaroos
• Emus
• Fallow deers
• Galah
• Guinea pigs
• Hamadryas baboons
• Huskies
• Jaguars
• Leopards
• Llamas
• Mandrills
• Ostriches
• Plains zebras
• Ponies
• Pumas
• Rabbits
• Raccoons
• Red deers
• Red kangaroos
• Red-necked wallabies
• Red-rumped agoutis
• Rhesus macaques
• Tigers

References

1. The Western Herald (30 January 1970). "Bullen's Animal World". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
2. The Canberra Times (12 June 1971). "Bullens Animal World". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
3. The Broadcaster (14 September 1971). "Day For Family". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
4. The Canberra Times (29 November 1974). "Monkey Hurt". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
5. The Canberra Times (5 June 1978). "Canberra Boy, 2, Bitten By Jackal At Animal Park". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
6. The Canberra Times (30 December 1978). "Triple Crash". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
7. The Australian Women's Weekly (3 December 1980). "School Holidays Fun Guide". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
8. The Canberra Times (27 December 1981). "Why Not Another 'Aida' With Skippy Instead Of Bimbo The Elephant". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
9. Tribune (6 July 1983). "Underpaid Worker Sacked For Joining Union". Trove. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
10. The Sydney Morning Herald (Helen Pitt) (14 July 2019). "Paradise Lost: Sydney's Forgotten Theme Parks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 June 2025.

33°51′57″S150°38′28″E / 33.8658°S 150.6412°E / -33.8658; 150.6412

External links

• News story about two chimpanzees from the park
• Obituary of Stafford Bullen, originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January 2001
• Old map of the park