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href="/wiki/Melbourne,_Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne, Victoria, Australia">Melbourne, Victoria, Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&params=37.83340_S_144.98033_E_source:placeopedia_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°50′00″S</span> <span class="longitude">144°58′49″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.83340°S 144.98033°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-37.83340; 144.98033</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">38 hectares (94 acres)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1846</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operated by</th><td class="infobox-data">Board of the Royal Botanic Gardens</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Visitors</th><td class="infobox-data">2+ million (approx. per year)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vegetation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Australia" title="Flora of Australia">Australian native</a>, lawns, non-native traditional gardens</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Connecting transport</th><td class="infobox-data">Train, tram, bus, car</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Facilities</th><td class="infobox-data">Information centre, gift shop, toilets, barbecues, shelter, cafes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rbg.vic.gov.au">rbg.vic.gov.au</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg/220px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg/330px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg/440px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Visitor_Centre_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Visitor Centre</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria</b> (<b>RBGV</b>) are <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanic gardens</a> across two sites–<a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne">Melbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Cranbourne" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne">Cranbourne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a new botanic garden. It extends across 38 hectares (94 acres)<sup id="cite_ref-Botanicour_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Botanicour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that slope to the river with trees, garden beds, lakes and lawns. It displays almost 50,000 individual plants representing 8,500 different species.<sup id="cite_ref-Botanicour_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Botanicour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are displayed in 30 living plant collections. </p><p>Cranbourne Gardens was established in 1970<sup id="cite_ref-atlas_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlas-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when land was acquired by the Gardens on Melbourne's south-eastern urban fringe for the purpose of establishing a garden dedicated to Australian plants. A generally wild site that is significant for biodiversity conservation, it opened to the public in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the 363 hectares (897 acres) site, visitors can explore native bushland, heathlands, wetlands and woodlands.<sup id="cite_ref-Botanicour_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Botanicour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the features of Cranbourne is the Australian Garden, which celebrates Australian landscapes and flora through the display of approximately 170,000 plants from 1,700 plant varieties.<sup id="cite_ref-Botanicour_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Botanicour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was completed in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Botanicour_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Botanicour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is home to the State Botanical Collection, which is housed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Herbarium_of_Victoria" title="National Herbarium of Victoria">National Herbarium of Victoria</a>. The collection, which includes 1.5 million preserved plants, algae and fungi, represents the largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_herbaria_in_Australasia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of herbaria in Australasia">herbarium collection in Australia</a> and wider <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-collectionsize_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collectionsize-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also includes Australia's most comprehensive botanical library.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_history">Governance and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Governance and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gardens are governed under the <i>Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991</i> by the Royal Botanic Gardens Board,<sup id="cite_ref-atlas_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlas-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who are responsible to the Minister for Environment. </p><p>In 1846 <a href="/wiki/Charles_La_Trobe" title="Charles La Trobe">Charles La Trobe</a> selected the site for the Royal Botanic Gardens from <a href="/wiki/Marshland" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshland">marshland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swamp" title="Swamp">swamp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-story_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1857 the first director was <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Mueller" title="Ferdinand von Mueller">Ferdinand von Mueller</a>, who created the <a href="/wiki/National_Herbarium_of_Victoria" title="National Herbarium of Victoria">National Herbarium of Victoria</a> and brought in many plants.<sup id="cite_ref-story_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1873 <a href="/wiki/William_Guilfoyle" title="William Guilfoyle">William Guilfoyle</a> became Director and changed the style of the Gardens to something more like the picturesque gardens that were around at that time. He added tropical and temperate plants.<sup id="cite_ref-story_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1877 Sir <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Barton" title="Edmund Barton">Edmund Barton</a>, Australia's first Prime Minister and Jane Ross were married at the Royal Botanic Gardens. </p><p>In 1924 a shooting massacre occurred at the Gardens resulting in the death of four people.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2015 the Gardens brought together the elements of the organisation under the name Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, incorporating Melbourne Gardens, Cranbourne Gardens, the National Herbarium of Victoria and the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Horticulture">Horticulture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Horticulture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG/220px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG/330px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG/440px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_View_Melbourne.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Ornamental Lake</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg/220px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg/330px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg/440px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Southern_Lawn_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Southern Lawn</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg/220px-Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg/330px-Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg/440px-Melb_botanical_gardens02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>Autumn at the gardens</figcaption></figure> <p>Living collections at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne include:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Aotearoa New Zealand</li> <li>Araucariaceae</li> <li>Australian Forest Walk</li> <li>Australian Rare and Threatened Species</li> <li>Cacti and Succulent</li> <li>Camellia</li> <li>Climate Ready Rose Collection</li> <li>Cycad</li> <li>Eucalypt</li> <li>Fern Gully</li> <li>Gardens House</li> <li>Grey Garden</li> <li>Guilfoyle's Volcano</li> <li>Herb and Medicinal</li> <li>The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden</li> <li>Lower Yarra Rivver Habitat</li> <li>North American Drylands</li> <li>Palm</li> <li>Perennial Border</li> <li>Quercus</li> <li>Southern Africa</li> <li>Southern China</li> <li>Terrestrial Orchid Collection</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gardens include a mixture of native and non-native vegetation which invariably hosts a diverse range of both native and non-native fauna. The gardens host over 10,000 floral species, the majority being non-native species. The gardens were the origin from which many introduced species spread throughout south-eastern Australia as seeds were traded between early European botanists in the mid-19th century, studying the Australian flora. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Native_vegetation">Native vegetation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Native vegetation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the establishment of the gardens in 1846, much of the native vegetation was removed as botanists such as Baron Von Mueller planted a range of species from around the world. While initially much of the native wetlands and swamplands in the gardens were left, around the turn of the 20th century these were re-landscaped to create the Ornamental Lake. Despite this, however, there are some large eucalypts remaining including the prominent <i>Separation Tree</i>, a 300-year-old <a href="/wiki/River_Red_Gum" class="mw-redirect" title="River Red Gum">River Red Gum</a>, under which <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> was declared a separate colony. In August 2010 the <a href="/wiki/Separation_Tree" title="Separation Tree">Separation Tree</a> was attacked by vandals<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then attacked again in 2013, by 2015 it was dead and removal of the canopy and branches commenced.<sup id="cite_ref-age_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guard_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Cranbourne" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne">Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne</a> focus solely on Australian native plants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-native_traditional_gardens">Non-native traditional gardens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Non-native traditional gardens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne were initially intended to be a horticultural exhibition for the public to enjoy, many seeds were traded between early European botanists such as Arthur and Von Mueller, who planted non-native species. The <a href="/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria of the United Kingdom">Queen</a> and her grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Dame_Nellie_Melba" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Nellie Melba">Dame Nellie Melba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paderewski" class="mw-redirect" title="Paderewski">Paderewski</a> contributed plantings on occasions throughout the history of the gardens. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plant_science">Plant science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Plant science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its earliest days, the Royal Botanic Gardens is involved in plant research and identification. This is done primarily through the <a href="/wiki/National_Herbarium_of_Victoria" title="National Herbarium of Victoria">National Herbarium of Victoria</a>, which is based at the Gardens. The Herbarium is also home to the State Botanical Collection, which includes over 1.5 million dried plant specimens,<sup id="cite_ref-collectionsize_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collectionsize-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an extensive collection of books, journals and artworks. Research findings are published in the journal <i>Muelleria</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, which is a scientific representation of the work done in the Gardens in any one year. More recently, the Australian Research Centre for <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a> <a href="/wiki/Ecology" title="Ecology">Ecology</a> has been established to look at plants that grow in urban environments specifically. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg/800px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg/1200px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg/1600px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Guilfoyle%27s_Volcano_pano_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7496" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Guilfoyle's Volcano</div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ian_Potter_Foundation_Children's_Garden"><span id="Ian_Potter_Foundation_Children.27s_Garden"></span>Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 5,000-square-metre (54,000 sq ft) Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden is designed as a discovery area for children of all ages and abilities. The Ian Potter Children's Garden, named for the <a href="/wiki/Ian_Potter_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Potter Foundation">Ian Potter Foundation</a>, is based in <a href="/wiki/South_Yarra" title="South Yarra">South Yarra</a>, off the main site. This area is closed for two months of the year from the end of the Victorian July school holidays for rest and maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-Potter_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Potter-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004 or 2005<sup id="cite_ref-about_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Pudding" title="The Magic Pudding">The Magic Pudding</a></i> sculpture, by Louis Laumen, was unveiled in the garden. The concept for the garden was developed by Simon H. Warrender (son of <a href="/wiki/Simon_George_Warrender" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon George Warrender">Simon George Warrender</a> and Pamela Warrender), who also commissioned the sculpture, through <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Melbourne" title="Committee for Melbourne">Committee for Melbourne</a>'s Future Focus Group, which was founded by Pamela.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simon Warrender announced the establishment of the annual prizes to be awarded by his <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Prize_Trust" title="Melbourne Prize Trust">Melbourne Prize Trust</a> at the unveiling.<sup id="cite_ref-about_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg/220px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg/330px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg/440px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_of_Victoria_Ornamental_Lake_Before_Thunderstorm_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2324" /></a><figcaption>Ornamental Lake minutes before a thunderstorm</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg/220px-Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg/330px-Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg/440px-Punting_on_the_Ornamental_Lake_at_Dusk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1812" data-file-height="1210" /></a><figcaption>Punting on the lake at dusk, early autumn, 2020</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Eastern_Lawn_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastern Lawn"><img alt="Eastern Lawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Eastern_Lawn_2018.jpg/120px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Eastern_Lawn_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Eastern_Lawn_2018.jpg/180px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Eastern_Lawn_2018.jpg 1.5x, 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data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A section of the gardens in winter</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oak Lawn"><img alt="Oak Lawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg/120px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg/180px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg/240px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_Oak_Lawn_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="1408" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Oak Lawn</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Herb Garden"><img alt="The Herb Garden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg/120px-BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg/180px-BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg/240px-BGM_Herb_Garden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Herb Garden</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Terrace Restaurant"><img alt="The Terrace Restaurant" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg/120px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg/180px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg/240px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Melbourne_The_Terrace_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="1408" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Terrace Restaurant</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_(Entrance_Gate).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The main entrance gate"><img alt="The main entrance gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_%28Entrance_Gate%29.jpg/120px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_%28Entrance_Gate%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_%28Entrance_Gate%29.jpg/180px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_%28Entrance_Gate%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Royal_Botanic_Gardens_%28Entrance_Gate%29.jpg/240px-Royal_Botanic_Gardens_%28Entrance_Gate%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The main entrance gate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations,_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne,_1825_-_1881.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne"><img alt="Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations%2C_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne%2C_1825_-_1881.jpg/120px-Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations%2C_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne%2C_1825_-_1881.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations%2C_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne%2C_1825_-_1881.jpg/180px-Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations%2C_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne%2C_1825_-_1881.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations%2C_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne%2C_1825_-_1881.jpg/240px-Plan_of_the_Government_House_reserve_Botanic_Garden_and_its_Domain_indicating_the_principal_plantations%2C_Ernst_Bernhard_Heyne%2C_1825_-_1881.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1458" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Docklands, Victoria">Docklands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_End_Theatre_District" title="East End Theatre District">East End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Street,_Melbourne" title="Spring Street, Melbourne">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Precinct,_Melbourne" title="Greek Precinct, Melbourne">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Italy,_Melbourne" title="Little Italy, Melbourne">Little Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collins_Street,_Melbourne" title="Collins Street, Melbourne">Paris End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMIT_Melbourne_City_campus" title="RMIT Melbourne City campus">RMIT Quarter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbank,_Victoria" title="Southbank, Victoria">Southbank</a>/<a href="/wiki/South_Wharf" title="South Wharf">Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_%26_Entertainment_Precinct" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Precinct">Sports & Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entertainment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Life_Melbourne_Aquarium" title="Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium">Aquarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_Centre_Melbourne" title="Arts Centre Melbourne">Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Convention_%26_Exhibition_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre">Convention & Exhibition Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Melbourne" title="Crown Melbourne">Crown Entertainment Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMAX_Melbourne" title="IMAX Melbourne">IMAX Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_Park,_Melbourne" title="Luna Park, Melbourne">Luna Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl" title="Sidney Myer Music Bowl">Sidney Myer Music Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_End_Theatre_District" title="East End Theatre District">Theatre District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Zoo" title="Melbourne Zoo">Zoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Block_Arcade,_Melbourne" title="Block Arcade, Melbourne">Block Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Arcade" title="Cathedral Arcade">Cathedral Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collins_Place" title="Collins Place">Collins Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DFO_South_Wharf" class="mw-redirect" title="DFO South Wharf">DFO South Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporium_Melbourne" title="Emporium Melbourne">Emporium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Melbourne" title="General Post Office, Melbourne">GPO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Central_Shopping_Centre" title="Melbourne Central Shopping Centre">Melbourne Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myer" title="Myer">Myer Flagship Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Market" title="Queen Victoria Market">Queen Victoria Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Village" title="Queen Victoria Village">QV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Arcade,_Melbourne" title="Royal Arcade, Melbourne">Royal Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Collins_Lane" class="mw-redirect" title="St Collins Lane">St Collins Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_District_Docklands" title="The District Docklands">The District Docklands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art" title="Australian Centre for Contemporary Art">ACCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Centre_for_the_Moving_Image" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Centre for the Moving Image">ACMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Museum,_Melbourne" title="Chinese Museum, Melbourne">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Museum,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenic Museum, Melbourne">Hellenic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Potter_Museum_of_Art" title="Ian Potter Museum of Art">Ian Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Museum,_Melbourne" title="Immigration Museum, Melbourne">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Museum" title="Melbourne Museum">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Observatory" title="Melbourne Observatory">Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Potter_Centre:_NGV_Australia" title="Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia">NGV Australia</a></li> <li><a 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