Australia
Australia
Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Australia: 127.
Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: >250,000.
Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: 25,000 (15,000 spp.)
Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 85%.
Location: ADELAIDE
Founded: 1855
Garden Name: Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Address: North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA 5000.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 525,000
Also includes Museum of Economic Botany
Ex situ Collections:
40% of collection is Australian flora. Orchidaceae, subtropical, warm temperate and arid plants, especially cacti and succulents, drought resistant and salt tolerant plants, plants of the Mediterranean and Western Pacific islands, Gondwanan flora, cycad and palm collection, National Rose Trial Garden.
No. of taxa: 4,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Many plants listed in the IUCN international Red Data Book. Threatened Australian plants.
Special Conservation Collections: Cupressus.
Location: ADELAIDE
Founded: 1977
Garden Name: Black Hill Flora Centre
Address: c/o Adelaide Botanic Garden, North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA 5000.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Open heath and woodland species representing flora of Mt Lofty Ranges
No. of taxa: 2,000
Rare & Endangered plants: South Australian spp.
Special Conservation Collections: South Australian flora
Location: ADELAIDE
Founded: 1952 (first planting 1957)
Garden Name: Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Address: c/o North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA 5000.
Status: State
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora. Cool N.& S temperate trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs, sub-alpines, dwarf and miniature conifers (Thomson collection), Acer, Camellia, Hebe, Magnolia, Rhododendron, Syringa, Viburnum, conifers, ferns
No. of taxa: 2,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Various species listed as threatened in the IUCN international Red Data Book.
Special Conservation Collections: Hebe and Australian ferns, National Species Rose Collection
Location: ADELAIDE
Founded: 1901
Garden Name: Wittunga Botanic Garden
Address: c/o Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA 5000.
Status: State
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora. Flora from south and west Australia, Kangaroo Island and Fleurieu Peninsula flora, South African Ericas, Compositae, Iridaceae, Proteaceae, Leucadendron, Banksia and Hakea spp.
No. of taxa: 2,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Native and exotic plant species listed as threatened in the IUCN international Red Data Book.
Special Conservation Collections: Hakea, Erica, floras of the Kangaroo Island and Fleurieu Peninsula.
Location: ADELAIDE
Founded: 1893
Garden Name: Beechwood Heritage Garden
Address: c/o Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, North Terrace, ADELAIDE, SA 5000.
Status: State.
Herbarium: Unknown.
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Rhododendron hybrids
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Historic garden specimens
Location: ALBURY
Founded: 1871
Garden Name: Albury Botanic Garden
Address: 700 Smollet, ALBURY, NSW 2640.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Australian Rainforest collection (10-90 years old)
Location: ALICE SPRINGS
Founded: 1956
Garden Name: Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Address: PO Box 8644, ALICE SPRINGS, NT 0871.
Status: Community Crown Land
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Sand dune system, Mulga Woodland and arid zone flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Acacia pickardii
Location: ALICE SPRINGS
Founded: 1997
Garden Name: Alice Springs Desert Park
Address: Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, PO Box 1046, ALICE SPRINGS, NT 0871.
Status: Territorial
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Arid flora representing desert rivers, sand dune and woodland habitats
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ATHERTON
Founded: 1971
Garden Name: Atherton Arboretum
Address: PO Box 273, ATHERTON, QLD 4883.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 80,000
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, ornamental trees, land rehabilitation plantings
No. of taxa: 100
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: narrow endemics, primative angiosperms, timber trees
Location: BALLARAT
Founded: 1858
Garden Name: Ballarat Botanic Gardens
Address: c/o Horticultural Officer City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, BALLARAT, VIC 3353.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Begonia tuberhybrida - Large Flowered Exhibition
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Association of Australian Begonia Societies Reference Collection
Location: BALLARAT
Founded: 1984
Garden Name: Lake Esmond Botanic Garden of Native Flora
Address: c/o Director of Parks and Gardens, City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, BALLARAT, VIC 3350.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BALLARAT
Founded: 1996
Garden Name: Kirk's Water wise Garden
Address: Central Highlands Water, PO Box 152, BALLARAT, VIC 3353.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
5% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: water wise plants
Location: BALLARAT
Founded: 1880
Garden Name: Buninyong Botanic Gardens
Address: City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, BALLARAT, VIC 3353.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BANKSTOWN
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Sylvan Grove Native Garden
Address: Recreation and Community Officer, Bankstown City Council, PO Box 8, BANKSTOWN, NSW 2200.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BARGO
Founded: 1967
Garden Name: Wirrimbirra Field Study Centre and Sanctuary
Address: BARGO, NSW 2574.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: south coast regional rare and endangered plants
Special Conservation Collections: Telopea ‘Wirrimbirra White’ and Thistle Harris Ferns
Location: BATEMAN'S BAY
Founded: 1987
Garden Name: Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens
Address: PO Box 116, BATEMANS BAY, NSW 2536.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 300
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa:
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes specific area dedicated to rare and endangered species. Local plants such as the rare Correa baeuerlenii are cultivated.
Special Conservation Collections: flora of local to mid south coast of NSW
Location: BEECHWORTH
Founded: 1862
Garden Name: Queen Victoria Park
Address: Shire of Beechworth, P.O.Box 28, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BELLINGEN
Founded: 1902
Garden Name: Bellingen Hospital Grounds
Address: PO Box 21, BELLINGEN, NSW 2454.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
80% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BENALLA
Founded: 1886
Garden Name: Benalla Botanical Gardens
Address: City of Benalla, PO Box 227, BENALLA, VIC 3672.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BENDIGO
Founded: 1880
Garden Name: White Hills Botanic Gardens
Address: City of Greater Bendigo, PO Box 733, BENDIGO, VIC 3550.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BERWICK
Founded: 1980
Garden Name: Wilson Botanic Park
Address: City of Casey, PO Box 1000, NARRE WARREN, VIC 3805.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Delicate fossil remains of plants
Location: BRISBANE
Founded: 1855
Garden Name: City Botanic Gardens
Address: Alice St., BRISBANE, QLD 4000.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
5% of collection is Australian flora. succulents, bromeliads, palms and cycads, figs and bamboo, tropical flowering trees
No. of taxa: 12,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: palms and cycads, figs and bamboo
Location: BRISBANE
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Sherwood Arboretum
Address: Brisbane City Council, 69 Ann St, BRISBANE, QLD 4001.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Kauri Pines
Location: BULLI
Founded: 1993
Garden Name: Illawarra Grevillea Park
Address: Illawarra Grevillea Park Society Inc, Princes Highway, BULLI, NSW 2516.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea, Prostanthera
Location: BURNLEY
Founded: 1863
Garden Name: Burnley Gardens
Address: The Principal VCAH Burnley, Yarra Boulevard, BURNLEY, VIC 3121.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
25% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: CAIRNS
Founded: 1886
Garden Name: The Flecker Botanic Gardens
Address: Cairns City Council, PO Box 359, CAIRNS, QLD 4870.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Australian native plants, (especially rain forest species endemic to North Queensland), orchids, palms, ornamental and fruit plants, gingers and aroids, Munro Martin Fernery (rare and unusual plants, ferns and foliage), exotic economic plant section
No. of taxa: 5,000
Rare & Endangered plants: rare and endangered from the Wet Tropics region including cryptogams, fork ‘ferns’, lycopods, ferns and cycads and flowering plants
Special Conservation Collections: palms, ginger, aroids
Location: CAMBERWELL
Founded: 1926
Garden Name: Maranoa Gardens
Address: Manager Parks & Gardens & Reserves, City of Camberwell, Private Bag No 1, CAMBERWELL, VIC 3124.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: CAMPERDOWN
Founded: 1879
Garden Name: Camperdown Botanic Gardens
Address: PO Box 14, CAMPERDOWN, VIC 3260.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: CANBERRA
Founded: 1949
Garden Name: Australian National Botanic Gardens
Address: GPO Box 1777, CANBERRA CITY, ACT 2601.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 185,000
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. rainforest of eastern Australia, flora of Sydney’s sandstone basin, Mallee plants, Acacia spp., Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, Zieria, cultivars. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 3.500 accessions, representing 2,500 species (1994 figures).
No. of taxa: 6,000
Rare & Endangered plants: aims to collect and grow all Australian endangered plants, currently has about 65 of 203
Satellite Gardens: Jervis Bay Annexe
Special Conservation Collections: 57 endangered species, cultivars (ACRA), Ziera (OPCA)
Location: CANBERRA
Founded: 1926
Garden Name: Genetic Resources Section
Address: Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO GPO Box 1600, CANBERRA CITY, ACT 2600.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500,000
Ex situ Collections:
Herbage plants, seed reference collection 6,000 spp. Eucalyptus
No. of taxa: 40
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: germplasm of wild relatives of crop plants, basic and active collections
Location: CARLINGFORD
Founded: 1993
Garden Name: Galaringi Botanic Parkland
Address: c/o 74 Honiton Ave., CARLINGFORD, NSW 2118.
Status: Community
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: 20-30 heritage tress, fruit root stock
Location: CASTLEMAINE
Founded: 1860
Garden Name: Castlemaine Botanical Garden
Address: Mt Alexander Shire Council, PO Box 185, CASTLEMAINE, VIC 3450.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COFFS HARBOUR
Founded: 1981
Garden Name: North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
Address: PO Box 648, COFFS HARBOUR, NSW 2450.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 20,000
Ex situ Collections:
70% of collection is Australian flora. native and exotic species which grow in subtropical environments
No. of taxa: 600
Rare & Endangered plants: rare and endangered plants of NSW North and Central Coast, and Qld
Special Conservation Collections: Natural vegetation of mangroves and Melaleuca spp. swamp
Location: COFFS HARBOUR
Founded: 1981
Garden Name: Bongil Bongil Garden
Address: PO Box 1639, COFFS HARBOUR, NSW 2450.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
70% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COLAC
Founded: 1865
Garden Name: Colac Botanical Gardens
Address: Colac-Otway Shire, PO Box 283, COLAC, VIC 3250.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COLERAINE
Founded: 1966
Garden Name: Peter Francis Points Arboretum
Address: Dept of Conservation & Environment, PO Box 29, COLERAINE, VIC 3315.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: SGAP Eucalytpus collection, OPCA Banksia collection
Location: COOKTOWN
Founded: 1885
Garden Name: Cooktown Botanic Gardens
Address: Gallop Botanic Reserve, PO Box 3, COOKTOWN, QLD 4871.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora. Palmetum. Display of species collected by Banks and Solander in Cooktown in 1770. Economic plants such as teak, tamarind, breadfruit, cashew and mango. Ornamental trees and shrubs.
No. of taxa: 400
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COOLGARDIE
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Coolgardie Arboretum
Address: Dept of CALM, PO Box 366, KALGOORLIE, WA 6430.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COOMBA PARK
Founded: 1983
Garden Name: Demesne Farm Minor Arboretum
Address: c/o M. Sewell, 1801 Coomba Rd, COOMBA PARK, NSW 2428.
Status: Private
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora. Callistemon
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Callistemon
Location: COOROY
Founded: 1986
Garden Name: Lake McDonald Botanic Gardens
Address: c/o Park Curator, P.O. Box 141, Tewantin, QLD 4565
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: CRANBOURNE
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
Address: PO Box 185, CRANBOURNE, Victoria 3977.
Status:
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Leptospermum myrsinoides heathland, Banksia, Callistemon, Dryandra, Proteaceae, wet heathland, grassy woodland, sedge swampland.
No. of taxa: 700
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Proteaceae
Location: CRANBOURNE
Founded: 1985
Garden Name: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Arboretum
Address: City of Frankston, Council Chambers, PO Box 490, FRANKSTON, VIC 3199.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: palms, cycads and tropical native Australian plants
Location: DARWIN
Founded: 1886
Garden Name: Darwin Botanic Gardens
Address: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, PO Box 496, PALMERSTON, NT 0831.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora. Arecaceae, Orchidaceae, economic plants, bromeliads, Ficus, Terminalia
No. of taxa: 7,293
Rare & Endangered plants: Threatened plants of the Northern Territories, such as Ptychosperma bleeseri.
Special Conservation Collections: native plants
Location: DAYLESFORD
Founded: 1863
Garden Name: Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens
Address: Shire of Hepburn, PO Box 21, DAYLESFORD, VIC 3460.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
1% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: tuberous Begonia collection
Location: DEE WHY
Founded: 1957
Garden Name: Stony Range Flora Reserve
Address: Pittwater Road, DEE WHY, NSW 2099.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: 500
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Australian native flora, area being developed for the Proteaceae of the Sydney region
Location: DEVONPORT
Founded: 1984
Garden Name: Tasmanian Arboretum Inc
Address: PO Box 370, DEVONPORT, TAS 7310.
Status:
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: DIMBOOLA
Founded: 1946
Garden Name: Wail Arboretum
Address: National Resources Conservation League, PO Box 245, DIMBOOLA, VIC 3414.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,500
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: DORROUGHBY
Founded: 1978
Garden Name: Fruit Spirit Botanical Garden
Address: Lot 69 Dunoon Road, DORROUGHBY, NSW 2480.
Status: Private
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora. Perennial plants with palatable floristic parts especially fruit and nut species
No. of taxa: 1,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Hibiscus insularis.
Special Conservation Collections: fruits and palms, endangered species collection
Location: DRYANDRA
Founded: 1958
Garden Name: Dryandra Inland Arboretum
Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 100, NARROGIN, WA 6312.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Mixed inland & exotic Eucalyptus and Pinus spp.,
No. of taxa: 134
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: EMERALD
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Emerald Botanic Gardens
Address: Emerald Shire Council, PO Box 21, EMERALD, QLD 4720.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
75% of collection is Australian flora. Plants of the Leichardt Pastoral District, Qld Central Highlands, Carnarvon Gorge
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Plants of the Leichardt Pastoral District
Location: ESPERANCE
Founded: 1965
Garden Name: Esperance (Helms) Exotic & Indigenous Arboretum
Address: Dept of CALM, PO Box 234, ESPERANCE, WA 6450.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
80% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: 111
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: FRANKSTON
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: George Pentland Botanic Gardens
Address: City of Frankston Council Chambers, P.O.Box 490, FRANKSTON, VIC 3199.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: FRANKSTON
Founded: 1985/86
Garden Name: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Arboretum
Address: City of Frankston, Council Chambers, PO Box 490, FRANKSTON VIC 3199
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
25% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: GAYNDAH
Founded: 1998
Garden Name: Gayndah Botanical Gardens and Pioneer Place
Address: Gayndah Shire Council, GAYNDAH, QLD 4625.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: GEELONG
Founded: 1851
Garden Name: Geelong Botanic Gardens
Address: City of Geelong, PO Box 104, GEELONG, VIC 3220.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Pelargonium cultivars and species, Agapanthus
No. of taxa: 4,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes.
Special Conservation Collections: Pelargonium, Agapanthus
Location: GLADSTONE
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens
Address: Gladstone City Council, PO Box 29, GLADSTONE, QLD 4680.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora. 50% of Port Curtis spp. represented. Plants of Central Queensland and Far North Queensland Rainforest
No. of taxa: 1,400
Rare & Endangered plants:Yes, rare and threatened plants of central and south eastern Queensland
Special Conservation Collections: Port Curtis native species
Location: GLEN OSMOND
Founded: 1928
Garden Name: Waite Arboretum
Address: University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, GLEN OSMOND, SA 5064.
Status: University
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
60% of collection is Australian flora. 1,500 trees, 770 species in 200 genera, especially Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Melaleuca, Pinus, Pyrus, Quercus
No. of taxa: 760
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Eucalyptus, pears
Location: GLENBROOK
Founded: 1967
Garden Name: Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve
Address: c/o SGAP Blue Mountains Group, PO Box 23, GLENBROOK, NSW 2773.
Status: State (community)
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Plants are all natural to the Blue Mountains area but not only the Glenbrook area of the mountains including Baeckea, Banksia, Daviesia, Dillwynia, Eriostemon, Eucalyptus, Lambertia, Melaleuca, Persoonia, Pterostylis, Pultanaea
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: GLENMORGAN
Founded: 1941
Garden Name: Myall Park
Address: 'Talbragar', GLENMORGAN, QLD 4423.
Status: Non-profit company
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Proteaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, tropical Australian water lilies
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: 13 endangered and a few over 100 rare species.
Special Conservation Collections: naturalised colonies of rare and endangered species, tropical Australian water lilies
Location: GOONDIWINDI
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Goondiwindi Botanic Gardens of the Western Woodlands
Address: P.O.Box 327, GOONDIWINDI, QLD 4390.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: natural hybridised Grevilleas
Location: HAMILTON
Founded: 1870
Garden Name: Hamilton Botanic Gardens
Address: City Engineer Hamilton City Council, PO Box 107, HAMILTON, VIC 3300.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: National Abutilon collection
Location: HEYWOOD
Founded: 1953
Garden Name: Savill's Garden
Address: PO Box 91, HEYWOOD, VIC 3304.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: HOBART
Founded: 1818
Garden Name: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Address: Queens Domain, HOBART, TAS 7000.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora. Australian (Myrtaceae), Epacridaceae, proteas, Mediterranean, Euro-Asian, N.American flora (Coniferae, Fagaceae, Tiliaceae, Betulaceae, Celastraceae, Aceraceae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae, Ericaceae), cacti, all Tasmanian Coniferae, economic plants, herbs, Japanese and Chinese gardens, Oak lawn
No. of taxa: 4,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Only those plants endangered by logging etc.
Special Conservation Collections: conifers, epacrids, plants endangered by logging, Japanese and Chinese gardens
Location: ILLAWARRA
Founded: 1978
Garden Name: Grevillea Study Group Collection
Address: Illawarra Grevillea Park Society Inc., Princes Highway, BULLI, NSW 2516
Status:
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Grevillea
No. of taxa: 300
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea
Location: JERVIS BAY
Founded: 1951
Garden Name: Booderee Botanic Gardens
Address: GPO Box 1777, CANBERRA CITY, ACT 2601.
Status: Commonwealth / Aboriginal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Australian rainforest species, heathland species, swampland species.
No. of taxa: 1,200
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KABRAMA
Founded: 1968
Garden Name: Karwarra Australian Plant Garden
Address: Shire of Yarra Ranges, P.O. Box 105, LILYDALE, VIC 3140.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Ni information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KALGOORLIE
Founded: 1955
Garden Name: Kalgoorlie Inland Forest Arboretum
Address: Dept of CALM, PO Box 10173, KALGOORLIE, WA 6430.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Mixed inland Eucalyptus
No. of taxa: 91
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KALGOORLIE
Founded:
Garden Name: Coolgardie Arboretum
Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 366, KALGOORLIE WA 6430
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KALLISTA
Founded: 1928
Garden Name: Mount Dandenong Arboretum
Address: Kallista - Emerald Road, KALLISTA VIC 3791
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
5% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants:
Special Conservation Collections: Four specimens classified as significant by National Trust
Location: KEILOR
Founded: 1982
Garden Name: Keilor Botanic Gardens
Address: City of Keilor, Old Calder Highway, KEILOR, VIC 3036.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KILLARNEY
Founded: 1990
Garden Name: Denbly
Address: 9390 Princes Highway, KILLARNEY, VIC 3282.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
98% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Correa (over 120)
Location: KYNETON
Founded: 1861
Garden Name: Kyneton Botanic Gardens
Address: P.O. Box 151, KYNETON, VIC 3444.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KYNETON
Founded: 1991
Garden Name: Gisborne Botanic Gardens
Address: Macedon Ranges Shire Council, PO Box 151, KYNETON, VIC 3444.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
5% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: New Zealand and Gondwanan Flora
Location: LAUNCESTON
Founded: 1890
Garden Name: Cliff Grounds Reserve
Address: c/o Launceston City Council, PO Box 396, Launceston, TAS 7250.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: LAUNCESTON
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Heritage Forest
Address: c/o Launceston City Council, P.O.Box 396, LAUNCESTON, TAS 7250.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: LILYDALE
Founded: 1968
Garden Name: Karwarra Australian Plant Garden
Address: Shire of Yarra Ranges, PO Box 105, LILYDALE VIC 3140
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: native threatened plant programme
Special Conservation Collections: Boronia, Lomatia, Rutaceae, Sterculiaceae, Telopea (OPCA)
Location: MALMSBURY
Founded: 1863
Garden Name: Malmsbury Botanic Gardens
Address: P.O. Box 151, KYNETON, VIC 3444.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MAREEBA
Founded: 1994
Garden Name: Monsoon Tropical Botanic Gardens
Address: Mareeba Shire Council, PO Box 154, MAREEBA, QLD 4880.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Eucalypt arboretum
Location: MARYBOROUGH
Founded: 1862
Garden Name: Phillips Gardens
Address: P.O.Box 194, MARYBOROUGH, VIC 3465.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Tuberous Begonia, Pelargonium
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: tuberous Begonia, Pelargonium
Location: MELBOURNE
Founded: 1846
Garden Name: Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Address: Birdwood Avenue, SOUTH YARRA, VIC 3141.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,170,000
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Collections from Australia including rain forest spp., Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands., California, Canary Islands, collections of Rhododendron esp. subgenus Vireya, Borya, Camellia, Quercus, Orchidaceae, succulents, bromeliads
No. of taxa: 12,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Cranbourne Annexe
Special Conservation Collections: National Collection of Camellia Research Society, Viburnum collection, indigenous grassy woodland.
Location: MELBOURNE
Founded: 1965
Garden Name: La Trobe University
Address: Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria 3086., NO GARDEN
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
A campus landscape planted mainly in Australian native plants, an arboretum containing a representative collection of Victoria’s Eucalyptus, and a wildlife reserve planted with indigenous spp., Acacia plantation and systematic garden.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MENINGIE
Founded: 1965
Garden Name: Nindethana
Address: c/o Post Office, MENINGIE, SA 5264.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MILDURA
Founded: 1989
Garden Name: Australian Inland Botanic Garden
Address: PO Box 2809, MILDURA, VIC 3502.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora. Regional flora, i.e. Cassia, Acacia, Hakea, wilga, succulent plants and cacti, saltbush mallee, flora of dryland regions.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MORPHETT VALE
Founded: 1992
Garden Name: Currency Creek Arboretum Eucalypt Research Centre
Address: 156 Pimpala Road, MORPHETT VALE, SA 5162.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Eucalypt and Corymbia spp.
No. of taxa: 750
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: special Eucalypt Arboretum (750 taxa)
Location: MOSSMAN
Founded: 1984
Garden Name: The Botanical Ark
Address: PO Box 354, MOSSMAN, QLD 4873.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Heliconia, gingers – Marantaceae, tropical fruits, ethnobotanical plants
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Heliconia, gingers – Marantaceae, tropical fruits, ethnobotanical plants
Location: MOSSMAN
Founded: 1992
Garden Name: Daintree Wilderness Refugium
Address: PO Box 718, MOSSMAN, QLD 4873.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MOTTO FARM
Founded: 1986
Garden Name: Hunter Region Botanic Gardens
Address: Pacific Highway, MOTTO FARM, NSW 2324.
Status: Non profit community company
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
80% of collection is Australian flora. Grevillea, Australian palms, aloes
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea, Australian palms, aloes
Location: MOUNT ANNAN
Founded: 1984
Garden Name: Mount Annan Botanic Garden
Address: c/o Mrs Macquaries Road, SYDNEY, NSW 2000.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Acacia, Callistemon, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Proteaceae, Gondwanan flora. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 6,794 accessions, representing 3,981 species (1994 figures).
No. of taxa: 2,788
Rare & Endangered plants: Large collection of eucalypts is being developed, includes many rare & endangered species.
Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea
Location: MOUNT DANDENONG
Founded: 1928
Garden Name: Mount Dandenong Arboretum
Address: Kallista-Emerald Road, KALLISTA, VIC 3791.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MULLUMBIMBY
Founded: 1980
Garden Name: Brunswick Valley Heritage Park
Address: Byron Flora & Fauna Conservation Society, 1 Tyagarah St., MULLUMBIMBY, NSW 2482.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Local rainforest trees and shrubs
No. of taxa: 324
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: local recorded rainforest trees and shrubs
Location: MUMBIL
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Burrendong Arboretum
Address: MUMBIL, NSW 2820.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 11,500
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Grevilleas, Hakea, Eucalyptus, Acacia, Dryandra, ferns.
No. of taxa: 4,000 (50,000 accessions).
Rare & Endangered plants: yes, Swainsonia recta (participating in a Recovery Plan) and Hakea crassinervia
Special Conservation Collections: aim is to collect and preserve by cultivation as many species of Australian plants as possible
Location: NARRE WARREN
Founded: 1980
Garden Name: Wilson Botanic Park
Address: City of Casey, PO Box 1000, NARRE WARREN VIC 3805
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Native and exotic threatened plant programme
Special Conservation Collections: Delicate fossil remains of plants. As material is delicate information can be supplied rather than viewing fossils.
Location: NARROGIN
Founded: 1958
Garden Name: Dryandra Inland Arboretum
Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 100, NARROGIN WA 6312
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Mixed inland and exotic Eucalyptus and Pinus
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: OAKEY
Founded: 1961
Garden Name: Brookvale Park Botanic Gardens
Address: Mail Service 212, OAKEY, QLD 4401.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: OLINDA
Founded: 1961
Garden Name: National Rhododendron Garden
Address: PO Box 21, OLINDA, VIC 3788.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Rhododendron
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Rhododendron
Location: OLINDA
Founded: 1960
Garden Name: Pirianda Garden
Address: 9 Hacketts Road, OLINDA, VIC 3788.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: OLINDA
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: R J Hamer Arboretum
Address: PO Box 21, OLINDA, VIC 3788.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ORANGE
Founded: 1981
Garden Name: Orange Botanic Gardens
Address: Orange City Council, PO Box 35, ORANGE, NSW 2800.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora. Local orchard species. 400 eucalypts planted Spring 1986
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Endangered local orchard species.
Special Conservation Collections: Heritage roses, Central Tablelands Montane flora
Location: OWEN
Founded: 1968
Garden Name: Waldon Gardens
Address: Owen, S.Australia 5460
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Eremophila spp.
Location: PEMBERTON
Founded: 1962
Garden Name: Forest Arboretum.
Address: Department of CALM, PEMBERTON, WA 6260.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Eucalyptus
No. of taxa: 107
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: PEMBERTON
Founded: 1929
Garden Name: Big Brook Forest Arboretum
Address: Department of CALM, PEMBERTON, WA 6260.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
80% of collection is Australian flora. Sequoia sempervirens, mixed conifers.
No. of taxa: 56
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: PERTH
Founded: 1979
Garden Name: Western Australian Herbarium Botanic Garden.
Address: Department of CALM, PO Box 104, COMO, WA 6152.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 350,000
Ex situ Collections:
Maintains a seed bank with long-term storage capacity, containing 143 accessions representing 66 species (1994 figures). Cultivated collections of native plants of Western Australia.
No. of taxa: 1200
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Western Australian native plants.
• Wilga Park Arboretum, PIANGIL, Victoria 3597 was closed in 1994. No information on the status of its collections is available.
Location: PORT AUGUSTA
Founded: 1986
Garden Name: Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Address: PO Box 202, PORT AUGUSTA, SA 5700.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: local native vegetation at present. Eremophila
Location: PORT DOUGLAS
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Mirage Port Douglas Resort
Address: PO Box 172, PORT DOUGLAS 4871, Queensland.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: PORT FAIRY
Founded: 1859
Garden Name: Port Fairy Botanic Gardens
Address: Borough of Port Fairy, 10 Cox St., PORT FAIRY, VIC 3284.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Escallonia
Location: ROCKHAMPTON
Founded: 1869
Garden Name: Rockhampton Botanic Gardens
Address: Rockhampton City Council, PO Box 243, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD 4700.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora. Arecaceae, palms, ferns, tropical flowering trees, and foliage plants
No. of taxa: 360
Rare & Endangered plants:Attalya (Attalea) multiflora.
Special Conservation Collections: tropical fruits, palms and cycads
Location: ROCKHAMPTON
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Kershaw Botanic Gardens
Address: Rockhampton City Council, PO Box 243, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD 4700.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora. Central Qld native species
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Central Qld native species
Location: SHERBROOKE
Founded: 1933
Garden Name: Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens
Address: Sherbrooke Road, SHERBROOKE, VIC 3789.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
40% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: SHERBROOKE
Founded: 1981
Garden Name: George Tindale Memorial Gardens
Address: Sherbrooke Road, SHERBROOKE, VIC 3789.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ST IVES
Founded: 1966
Garden Name: Ku-Ring-Gai Wildflower Garden
Address: Mona Vale Road, ST IVES, NSW 2075.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Australian native species
Location: ST.KILDA
Founded: 1858
Garden Name: St.Kilda Botanic Garden
Address: 4 Herbert St, ST. KILDA, VIC 3182.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
10% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Alister Clark roses
Location: STRATHFIELDSAYE
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: Emu Creek Arboretum
Address: PO Box 117, STRATHFIELDSAYE, VIC 3551.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: SUTHERLAND
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: Joseph Banks Native Plant Reserve
Address: P.O. Box 17, SUTHERLAND, NSW 2232.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora. Acacia, Angophora, Banksia, Eucalytpus, Grevillea, Melaleuca, Prosanthera, ferns, native gymnosperms, Australian rainforest spp., tropical northern Australian flora, cool termperate rainforest flora, flora from natural Hawkesbury sandstone area
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: native gymnosperms, Australian rainforest spp.
Location: SYDNEY
Founded: 1816
Garden Name: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Address: Mrs Macquaries Road, SYDNEY, NSW 2000.
Status:
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000,000
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora. Acacia, Araceae, Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae, Callistemon, Cactaceae, cycads, Eucalyptus, Fabaceae, Grevillea, Myrtaceae, Orchidaceae, Proteaceae, Rhododendron, Gondwanan taxa, Begonia, conifers, ferns, herbaceous perennials, temperate deciduous tree, palms and palm-like plants, succulents, Rosales, rainforest
No. of taxa: 8,269
Rare & Endangered plants: Allocasuarina portuensis, Eucalyptus copulans, Gentiana wingecarribiensis, Persoonia mollis subsp. maxima, Prostanthera junonis, Wollemia nobilis and rare and threatened garden.
Satellite Gardens:
Mount Annan Botanic Garden
Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
Special Conservation Collections: Grevillea, Wollemia nobilis
Location: BILPIN
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
Address: c/o Mrs Macquaries Road, SYDNEY, NSW 2000.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora. Rhododendrons, conifers, Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere cool climate plants
No. of taxa: 4,351
Rare & Endangered plants: Some rare Australian species, some from New Zealand.
Special Conservation Collections: Southern hemisphere wild collected plants
Location: TAMBORINE MT.
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Tamborine Mountain Botanic Gardens
Address: Tamborine Mountain Garden Club, PO Box 63, TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN, QLD 4272.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
60% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TEWANTIN
Founded: 1986
Garden Name: Lake McDonald Botanic Gardens
Address: c/- Park Curator, PO Box 141, TEWANTIN QLD 4565
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
60% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: native and exotic threatened plant programme.
Location: TEWANTIN
Founded: 1987
Garden Name: Noosa Botanic Gardens
Address: PO Box 141, TEWANTIN, QLD 4565.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
70% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TIBOOBURRA
Founded: 1985
Garden Name: Tibooburra Outback Botanic Gardens
Address: Tibooburra Outback School of the Air, TIBOOBURRA, NSW 2880.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TOOWONG
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
Address: Mt Coot-tha Road, TOOWONG, QLD 4066.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora. Erythrina, succulents, bromeliads, palms, Ficus, tropical flowering trees, exotic and Australian native rainforest, camellia, azaleas, rare fruits
No. of taxa: 14,000
Rare & Endangered plants: rare fruits
Location: TOOWOOMBA
Founded: 1875
Garden Name: Toowoomba Queens Park
Address: P.O. Box 3021, Village Fair, TOOWOOMBA, QLD 4350.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
20% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TOOWOOMBA
Founded: 1932
Garden Name: Laurel Bank Park
Address: PO Box 3021, Village Fair, TOOWOOMBA, QLD 4350.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
2% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TOWNSVILLE
Founded: 1969
Garden Name: Townsville Botanic Gardens
Address: Townsville City Council, PO Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD 4810.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Arecaceae, Pandanaceae, Zingiberaceae, SGAP gardens, Herb Society gardens, bromeliads
No. of taxa: 7,000
Rare & Endangered plants:Yes.
Satellite Gardens:
Queens Gardens
Townsville Palmetum
Special Conservation Collections: indigenous north Qld dryland and rainforest plants, palms
Location: TOWNSVILLE
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: Queens Park
Address: Townsville City Council, PO Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD 4814.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TOWNSVILLE
Founded: 1988
Garden Name: Townsville Palmetum
Address: Townsville City Council, PO Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD 4810.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora. A wide range of native and exotic palm spp.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Ptychosperma bleaseri, Calamus warburgii
Special Conservation Collections: palms
Location: TOWNSVILLE
Founded: 1932
Garden Name: Anderson Park
Address: Townsville City Council, P.O.Box 1268, TOWNSVILLE, QLD 4814.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
70% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Pandanus spp.
Location: TUGGERANONG
Founded: 1914
Garden Name: Westbourne Woods
Address: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Bentham St, YARRALUMLA, ACT 2600.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: VICTOR HARBOR
Founded: 1983
Garden Name: Nangawooka Flora Park
Address: 11 Brand Ave, VICTOR HARBOR, SA 5211.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: WAGGA WAGGA
Founded: 1969
Garden Name: Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens
Address: Wagga Wagga City Council, PO Box 20, WAGGA WAGGA, NSW 2650.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: WARRNAMBOOL
Founded: 1859
Garden Name: Warrnambool Botanic Gardens
Address: PO Box 198, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC 3280.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
50% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: bamboo
Location: WERRIBEE
Founded: 1877
Garden Name: Werribee Park
Address: The Mansion at Werribee Park, PO Box 274, WERRIBEE, VIC 3030.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: State Rose Garden
Location: WEST PERTH
Founded: 1962
Garden Name: Kings Park and Botanic Garden
Address: WEST PERTH, WA 6005.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 20,853
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora. Western Australian native flora (2,200), aromatic and fragrant garden, metropolitan garden.
No. of taxa: 3,700
Rare & Endangered plants: approx. 1,500 spp.of native flora in open ground, 147 rare and endangered species and 1,800 spp. in ground or container cultivation.
Special Conservation Collections: WA flora, rare and endangered species garden (147 endangered, 36 vulnerable), stock plants (In vitro culture).
Location: WOLLONGONG
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Wollongong Botanic Gardens
Address: Locked Bag 8821, SOUTH COAST MAIL CENTRE, NSW 2521.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
60% of collection is Australian flora. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 1,500 accessions, representing 1,165 species (1994 figures).
No. of taxa: 2,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: WOOLOMIN
Founded: 1982
Garden Name: Dulegal Native Plant Arboretum
Address: c/o Mrs B Graham, Nundle Road, WOOLOMIN, NSW 2340.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes.
Special Conservation Collections: specializing in plants of Northwest slopes & plains, & endangered spp.
Location: YANDINA
Founded: 1974
Garden Name: Fairhill Native Plants & Botanic Gardens
Address: Fairhill Road, YANDINA, QLD 4561.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
100% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: YARRALUMLA
Founded: 1914
Garden Name: Westbourne Woods
Address: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Bentham St, YARRALUMLA ACT 2600
Status: Joint management: National Capital Authority and R C Golf Club
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
30% of collection is Australian flora
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
(Norfolk Island)
Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Norfolk Island: 1.
Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: Unknown
Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: Unknown
Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: Unknown
Location: NORFOLK ISLAND
Founded: 1985
Garden Name: Norfolk Island Botanic Garden
Address: PO Box 310, NORFOLK ISLAND 2899, South Pacific
Situated: on Mission Road 100m west of its intersection with Mt Pitt and Grassy Road.
Status: State (Commonwealth)
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
90% of collection is Australian flora. Native plants including trees, lianes and ferns. The Garden aims to cultivate representatives of each one on the island’s 178 native spp. (40 endemic species and subspecies).
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, threatened natives.
Special Conservation Collections: A major nursery is being developed in the National Park to propagate Norfolk Island native and endemic plants.
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