Adelaide - Zoological Gardens
"The First Adelaide Zoo" is in the Register,
27 February 1901, page 6f,
23 December 1902, page 6f.
"The Zoological Gardens in Winter" is in the Advertiser,
22 April 1869, page 3d.
A proposal for a Zoological Gardens is discussed in the Register,
18 August 1881, page 5a,
Advertiser,
1 April 1882, page 4d; also see
Register,
1, 6 and 22 April 1882, pages 4f, 1b (supp.) and 7a,
9 August 1882, page 5a,
11 November 1882, page 6e,
25 January 1883, page 5b,
24 and 25 May 1883, pages 5f and 6b,
14 June 1883, page 5a,
Observer,
27 January 1883, page 30b,
26 May 1883, page 36d,
12 April 1884, page 13a,
15 and 29 November 1884, pages 8b and 36e,
3 January 1885, page 33e,
1 June 1885, page 5c,
Express,
31 July 1883, page 3e
Chronicle,
4 August 1883, page 23a.
Also see Express,
27 December 1884, page 4c,
Chronicle,
30 May 1885, page 9a,
31 October 1885, page 13c,
24 April 1886, page 8d.
Register,
7 April 1884, page 4f,
6 May 1884, page 6a,
10, 16, 17, 27 and 31 May 1884, pages 5g, 5g, 6c, 5a and 6a,
12 July 1884 (supp.), page 1a,
4 October 1884, page 5b,
Register,
3, 8 and 24 November 1884, pages 5b-c, 5c and 5b,
25 May 1885, page 5d,
8 December 1885, page 5b,
7, 9, 13, 15, 23 and 25 January 1886, pages 5c, 5d, 7d, 5d, 4f and 7c,
10 and 24 March 1886, page 7g and 5c,
13 April 1886, pages 5b-6c,
9 and 29 June 1886, pages 5b and 5a,
1 July 1886, page 5a,
14 September 1886, page 5a,
28 October 1886, page 7d,
29 November 1886, page 5c,
16 December 1886, page 5b,
18 January 1887, page 5b,
20 June 1887, page 5b,
4 July 1887, page 5c,
1 August 1887, page 5c,
5 December 1887, page 5b.
Also see Register,
24 May 1888, page 5c,
31 December 1888.
"The Zoological and Acclimatization Society of SA" is in the Register,
25 May 1883, page 5f,
22 December 1883, page 6f.
Information on the Zoo's elephant is in the Register,
26 November 1883, page 5a,
18 December 1883, page 5b,
Observer,
22 December 1883, page 26d.
A sketch of the death of "Miss Siam", the Zoo's elephant, is in the Chronicle,
14 May 1904, page 32,
of "Saturday Afternoon at the Zoo" on
10 May 1913, page 31.
"An Elephant for the Zoo" is in the Express,
1 November 1904, page 4d.
Photographs of children riding on an elephant are in the The Critic,
15 December 1920, page 38,
Chronicle,
10 September 1931, page 61,
of "Lilian" on
31 May 1934, page 32.
"About the Zoo" is in the Observer,
17 and 24 May 1884, pages 42b and 43d,
19 July 1884, page 45b.
Information on the installation of a rotunda is in the Observer,
11 October 1884, page 34c.
A cartoon is in The Lantern,
29 November 1884, page 16.
A tiger fight is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1889, page 7c.
"A Tiger Killed at the Zoo" is in the Observer,
25 May 1889, page 30b.
Also see Observer,
26 May 1888, page 29b,
2 November 1889, page 32a,
24 May 1890, page 7c,
29 November 1890, page 7c,
2 May 1891, page 28d,
26 September 1891, page 42d,
14 January 1893, page 41b,
29 April 1893, page 29e,
20 May 1893, page 30e,
8 July 1893, page 16e,
21 October 1893, page 15b,
6 and 13 January 1894, pages 30e and 32b,
3 and 10 February 1894, pages 29e and 30b,
14 April 1894, page 29d.
Also see Register,
12 October 1891, page 3h,
17 November 1892, page 4f,
7 January 1893, page 6e (history of),
22 July 1893, page 4g,
19 July 1894, page 4h,
9 November 1895, page 4h,
25 October 1898, page 4f,
17 October 1902, page 4e,
1 December 1902, page 5e,
18 July 1903, page 6e,
14 March 1903, page 36e,
18 April 1903, page 36d.
The subject of the Zoo and caged animals is the subject of editorial comment
in the Register,
23 January 1886, page 4f.
"The King of Siam and the Zoo" is in the Register,
21 December 1886, pages 3h-5a.
"Stocking the Zoo - A Chat With the Director" is in the Register,
13 April 1886, page 6c.
A visit to the Zoo by 50 legislators is reported in the Register,
28 October 1886, page 7d; also see
26 October 1901, page 9f,
1 December 1902, page 5e.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1886 (supplement)page 5b,
26 and 28 January 1889, pages 5a and 5b,
18 May 1889, page 5c,
25 July 1889, pages 4f-5a, 1 November 1889, page 7g,
14 May 1890, page 5b, 30 June 1890, page 5c,
21 July 1890, page 5a, 24 November 1890, page 5d,
20 and 27 April 1891, pages 7e and 5b, 21 July 1891, page 5c,
12 October 1891, page 3h, 7 June 1892, page 5c,
19 August 1892, page 5b, 4 and 24 October 1892, pages 5b and 5c,
17 November 1892, page 4f, 22, 27 and 29 April 1893, pages 5e, 5b and 5d,
20 June 1893, page 5c, 1 and 22 July 1893, pages 5b and 4g,
27 November 1893, page 5c.
"A Home for the Monkeys" is in the Advertiser,
27 April 1891, page 6a.
Mr R.E Minchin's obituary is in the Register,
5 January 1893, pages 5b-6f,
Chronicle,
7 January 1893, page 9c,
biographical details of A.C. Minchin in the Register,
24 January 1893, page 5c.
"Directing Adelaide's Zoo - Interview With A.C. Minchin" is in The Mail,
24 February 1923, page 2d.
A history of the Zoo is in the Register,
7 January 1893, page 6e; also see
4 February 1893, page 7f,
31 March 1893, page 5b.
An editorial headed "Our Zoo" is in the Chronicle,
29 July 1893, page 4e; also see
Advertiser,
13 July 1895, page 4g,
28 July 1900, page 6e,
3 and 9 August 1901, pages 6d and 6f,
28 July 1906, page 8d,
"Elands for the Zoo" on
25 August 1902, page 11e,
13 March 1903, page 1f,
14 February 1905, page 1b.
Also see Register,
January 1894, page 5e,
3 February 1894, page 5b,
19 March 1894, page 5a,
3, 9 and 16 April 1894, pages 5c, 5b and 5c,
28 May 1894, page 5b,
23 June 1894, page 4h,
19 and 23 July 1894, pages 4h and 6c,
8 and 10 August 1894, pages 5b and 5b,
3, 13, 20 and 24 September 1894, pages 5b, 4h, 5b and 6g,
3 October 1894, page 5a,
15 November 1894, pages 4h-7f,
27 May 1895, page 5b,
9 and 13 July 1895, pages 5c and 4e,
3 August 1895, page 6g,
2 September 1895, page 5b,
9 November 1895, pages 4e-7a,
3 February 1896, page 4h,
2 April 1896, page 5c,
19 June 1896, page 5b,
10, 11 and 22 July 1896, pages 5b, 4g and 5b,
29 August 1896, page 5d,
1 September 1896, page 5c,
9 November 1896, page 5b.
Also see Observer,
June 1895, page 44c,
10 August 1895, page 33d,
2 November 1895, page 29c,
8 February 1896, page 13d,
6 June 1896, page 43a,
17 April 1897, page 28d,
14 August 1897, page 8e,
18 September 1897, page 13e.
"Politicians at the Zoo" is in the Register,
14 October 1896, pages 4g-6d.
Also see Register,
16 April 1897, page 5b,
4, 9 and 18 June 1897, pages 5a, 5b and 4h,
16 August 1897, page 4g,
18 and 26 October 1897, pages 5b and 7e,
1 August 1898, page 4g,
21 November 1898, page 4g,
27 December 1898, page 4g,
5 and 10 January 1899, pages 5b and 4i,
26 and 31 July 1899, pages 4i and 3d,
21 October 1899, page 11a.
"Lions at the Zoo" is in the Express,
2 June 1896, page 2d,
"The Hippopotamus" on
10 October 1900, page 2c,
24 November 1900, page 4b,
11 June 1901, page 2b,
"In the Zoo"
9 August 1901, page 4b,
"Stallion Zebra for the Zoo" on
12 August 1901, page 2c,
"Elands for the Zoo" on
25 August 1902, page 3c.
Also see Observer,
6 August 1898, page 34c,
26 November 1898, page 28b,
31 December 1898, page 27c,
14 January 1899, page 27d,
28 April 1900, page 34b,
17 November 1900, page 30d,
12 January 1901, page 30d,
2 March 1901, page 30b,
10 August 1901, page 31b,
30 August 1902, page 39d.
"The Zoo and Zoology" is in the Register,
25 October 1898, pages 4f-7d.
Also see Register,
27 July 1900, page 4c,
1 and 3 September 1900, pages 6h and 4g,
9 and 19 October 1900, pages 4i and 3a,
10, 15 and 26 November 1900, pages 6i, 4e and 6h,
26 February 1901, page 4g,
11 June 1901, page 4e,
2 August 1901, page 4e,
25 and 26 October 1901, pages 4f and 9f,
25 August 1902, page 5a,
18 July 1903, page 6e,
20 October 1903, page 3g.
"The Injured Keeper" is in the Chronicle,
10 May 1902, page 31b.
"Breeding of Animals in Captivity" is in the Register,
8 July 1902, page 4e.
"Wild Animals at the Zoo" is in the Register,
25 July 1902, page 4c.
Photographs are in The Critic,
30 May 1903, page 1.
"Night at the Zoo - How the Animals Sleep" is in the Register,
1 December 1902, page 5e.
Also see Register,
19 February 1903, page 4e,
11 March 1903, page 4f,
9 April 1903, page 6f,
29 February 1904, page 4g,
3 March 1904, page 4g,
26 April 1904, page 4d,
4 July 1904, page 4f,
9 August 1904, page 4e,
1 November 1904, page 4f,
10 February 1906, page 6g,
27 and 28 July 1906, pages 8b and 4h,
25 December 1907, page 6e,
17 and 20 April 1908, pages 4h and 4e,
25 July 1908, page 8g,
26 August 1908, page 6e,
9 April 1909, page 4g,
27 July 1909, page 4f-g.
"Zebra Born at the Zoo - First in Australia" is in the Register,
8 January 1904, page 5a; also see
19 February 1904, page 4g for its untimely demise.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 February 1904, page 43.
"The Baby Jaguars" is in the Express,
23 May 1904, page 2c.
Information on the zoo is in the Express,
4 May 1906, page 3f.
Observer,
3 September 1910, page 50c.
Also see Register,
14 February 1905, page 4h,
3 July 1906, page 4h,
26 and 27 July 1907, page 3g and 10f,
9 August 1907, page 3e,
1 October 1907, page 4f,
24 December 1908, page 4h,
23 February 1909, page 4f,
12 January 1910, page 6e,
21 February 1910, page 6h,
26 August 1910, page 4e,
13 September 1910, page 6e,
22 March 1911, page 6f,
22 June 1911, page 12f,
19 August 1911, page 13h,
1 January 1912, page 6f,
26 and 30 August 1912, pages 6h and 9b,
11 April 1913, page 6h,
10 September 1913, page 14f,
25 February 1914, page 12f,
9 and 30 April 1914, pages 6f and 6f,
11 May 1914, page 6f,
24 September 1914, page 6e,
23 January 1915, page 10f,
1 February 1915, page 6f,
4 March 1916, page 4h,
29 November 1916, page 4e,
1 January 1918, page 4h,
12 March 1919, page 6d,
5 September 1919, page 9c,
7 October 1919, page 6c,
16 August 1920, page 6c,
27 September 1920, page 6g,
1 January 1921, page 8c,
26 March 1921, page 6f,
6 August 1921, page 8g,
6 April 1922, page 6g,
26 October 1922, page 7c,
Observer,
18 February 1905, page 34c,
6 March 1909, page 43c,
31 August 1912, page 50a,
4 April 1914, page 35d,
11 March 1916, page 41a,
4 August 1917, page 31b.
An annual general meeting of the Zoological Society is reported in the Register,
29 July 1905, page 11d.
"Burglars at the Zoo" is in the Register,
12 December 1905, page 4f.
"Polar Bears for the Zoo" is in the Advertiser,
17 April 1908, page 6g.
Photographs are in The Critic,
13 January 1909, page 12.
"An Afternoon at the Zoo" is in the Register,
1 March 1909, page 5a.
An editorial appears in the Advertiser,
28 July 1909, page 6d; also see
10 August 1909, page 8i.
"A Popular Institution" is in the Register,
2 April 1910, page 6 (includes photographs).
"One of Adelaide's Show Places" is in the Advertiser,
18 March 1911, page 7.
"Zoological Gardens - Afternoon With Beast and Birds" is in the Register,
2 April 1910, page 6b,
"Elephant Rides at the Zoo" is in the Register,
25 August 1911, page 4g.
"Zoo Babies - How They are Reared" on
12 September 1911, page 7g,
"Zoo in the Wet - Around the Cages" on
4 July 1912, page 7c,
"Summer at the Zoo" on
17 January 1914, page 18a; also see
20 January 1914, page 7e,
Observer,
24 January 1914, pages 47a-51d.
"Mauled by a Bear" is in the Register,
6 June 1911, page 8f,
Chronicle,
10 June 1911, page 43,
"Struck by a Lioness" on
21 May 1927, page 52c.
"The Deer Park" is in the Register,
31 August 1912, page 7b,
"Deer Park Approved by Ratepayers" on
27 March 1913, page 8e.
A proposed deer park is discussed in the Advertiser,
30 August 1913, page 19c.
Photographs are in The Critic
10 December 1913, page 27.
"Summer at the Zoo" is in the Register,
17 January 1914, page 18a.
"Children at the Zoo - What They Thought" is in the Register,
4 April 1914, page 10h.
"Living Geography - Attractions at the Zoo" is in the Register,
1 January 1918, page 4h,
"Zoo Tragedy" on
17 February 1920, page 7g; also see
Express,
4 September 1919, page 2e.
"Bear Attacks Keeper" is in the Register,
16, 17 and 20 February 1920, pages 7a, 7g and 5g.
"Feeding the Zoo" is in The Mail,
4 December 1920, page 2f,
9 June 1928, page 10e.
"Bad Times for the Zoo" is in the Advertiser,
28 April 1921, page 7a.
"Deer Park at the Zoo" is in the Register,
19 June 1923, page 8g.
"At the Zoo" is in the Register,
8 November 1923, page 12f.
"A Wonderful Day - Cripples and Blind at the Zoo" is in the Register,
28 November 1923, page 13d.
"A Morning at the Zoo" is in the Register,
19 January 1922, page 7g,
"The Zoo - A Forward Movement" is in the Register,
1 July 1924, page 9e,
Advertiser,
1 and 2 July 1924, pages 13a and 8g; also see
3 October 1924, page 12h.
"Miniature Train at Zoo" on
13 April 1925, page 8c;
photographs are in the Chronicle,
18 April 1925, page 38,
2 February 1929, page 39.
"Lioness Mauls Child" is in the Register,
14 April 1927, page 10g.
Photographs are in the Observer,
12 July 1924, page 32,
25 August 1928, pages 36-37.
"Has Struggle to Keep Going" is in The News,
14 March 1924, page 11e.
"Children's Day" is in the Register,
21 August 1928, page 10a.
"At the Zoo" is in the Register,
2 January 1929, page 10a.
"Treating Zoo Patients" is in the Observer,
6 April 1929, page 69c.
"New Home for Alligators" is in the Register,
28 June 1929, page 28d.
"Exciting Day at Zoo" is in the Observer,
25 January 1930, page 40e.
"Zoo Site in Foothills" is in The News,
24 February 1934, page 1g; also see
7 September 1934, page 4d.
"Meals for the Zoo Families" is in the Advertiser,
15 February 1936, page 25d.
