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Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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TypeBotanical
LocationBallarat, Victoria
Coordinates37°32′48″S 143°49′20″E / 37.54667°S 143.82222°E / -37.54667; 143.82222
Area40 hectares (99 acres)
Opened1857
Owned byCity of Ballarat
Ballarat Botanical Gardens

The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Reserve, located on the western shore of picturesque Lake Wendouree, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, covers an area of 40 hectares which is divided into three distinct zones. The central Botanical Gardens reserve in the 'gardenesque' style of the Victorian pleasure garden. On either side there are open parkland buffers known as the North and South Gardens. The Gardens celebrated its sesquicentenary (150 years old) in 2007.[1] Renowned fly fishing author Alfred Ronalds provided some of the first trees and plants for the gardens from his nursery on the other side of the lake.[2]

  1. ^ "Ballarat botanical gardens sesquicentenary podtour. 28 Sep 2007. ABC Ballarat. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  2. ^ Ronalds, B.F. (2022). Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer. Medlar Press.

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