Colac Botanic Gardens

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Colac Botanic Gardens
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Colac Botanic Gardens in 1908
Colac Botanic Gardens
TypeBotanical
Location Colac, Victoria
Coordinates 38°19′58″S143°35′28″E / 38.3329°S 143.5910°E / -38.3329; 143.5910
Opened1868
Owned by Colac Otway Shire

The Colac Botanic Gardens is a regional botanical garden, located at the corner of Fyans and Gellibrand streets, on the shores of Lake Colac in Colac, Victoria, Australia. Land was allocated in 1865, [1] with the garden being established in 1868 by Daniel Bunce, and later remodelled in 1910 by Melbourne Botanical Gardens director William Guilfoyle. [2] [3]

The Colac Botanic Gardens covers fifteen hectares, and contains over a thousand specimens (more than any other provincial garden in Victoria). [1] The garden hosts variations of trees such as bunya bunya pine ( Araucaria bidwillii ), Black Matipo ( Pittosporum tenuifolium ), Firewheel Tree ( Stenocarpus sinuatus ), Bird Plant (Crotalaria agatiflora) and Tecate Cypress ( Cupressus forbesii ). Several trees in the garden have been placed on the Victorian Significant Tree Register. [3]

The gardens are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Guide to Colac in VIC". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  2. "Gardening Australia - Transcript -Episode 26". ABC. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Fact Sheet: Colac Botanic Gardens". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  4. "Colac Botanic Gardens (H2259)". Victorian Heritage Register . Heritage Victoria . Retrieved 4 July 2014.