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I can recall as a kid in the 1950s that an aquarium was burnt down prior to my arrival in North Carlton. I always thought that it was on the site of current Festival Hall, in Dudley Street, and I can clearly remember that most of the fish died, which is not surprising. Records show that Festival Hall - The Stadium was first built in 1915 and it was indeed destroyed by fire in 1955. My grandparents came to North Carlton in 1925 so I presume that the original aquarium where-ever it may have been, was destroyed between 1925 and 1950. Some clarification would be helpful. Ceryainly the forst aquariumn in Melbourne was not that now on the Yarra.

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Melbourne Zoo was opened 6th October 1862.

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The Zoo was opened in 1970 by Bob and Lyn Irwin. Back then it was spread over a mere four acres (as opposed to 80 acres today) and was called the Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park ...

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The Melbourne aquarium opened in 1994

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