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BO T ANIC GARDEN AND THE DOM AIN 111
VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Mrs Macquaries Rd. Maps 1 & 2.
Tel 9231 8111.
∑ rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
Open from 7am daily (Nov–Feb:
to 8pm; Mar: 6:30pm; Apr & Sep:
6pm; May & Aug: 5:30pm; Jun &
Jul: 5pm; Oct: 7:30pm).
The Calyx Open 10am–4pm daily.
Sydney Fernery and Succulent
Garden Open 9am–4:30pm daily.
7 8 daily (not Jan–Feb, public
hols). Tours: 9231 8125.
Macquarie Wall Transport
In 1810, work began on this @ Sydney Explorer, 200, 441.
290-m- (950-ft-) long wall g Circular Quay. Martin
intended to separate the Place, St James, Circular Quay.
convict domain from the
town’s “respectable Class
of Inhabitants”. Only a
small section remains
standing today.
Choragic Monument (1870)
This sandstone replica of the marble
monument by Lysicrates in Athens was
sculpted by Walter McGill.
. Australia’s First
European Farm
Some oblong beds in the Middle
Garden follow the direction of the
first furrows ploughed in the colony.
National Herbarium
of New South Wales
Over one million dried
plant specimens document
biological diversity. Discovery
0 metres 200 and study of new plants aims
0 yards 200 to slow down the extinction
rate of entire species.
