Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, Australia are located in the Wagga Wagga suburb of Turvey Park

Turvey Park, New South Wales

Turvey Park is an inner southern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. Its boundaries are defined by Fernleigh Road to the south, Glenfield Road to the west, Coleman Street to the north and to the east by Willans Hill...

 on a 20 hectare site on the south western slopes of Willans Hill Reserve. Access to the gardens is via Macleay Street near the corner of Lord Baden Powell Drive. As well as many different types of garden, the Botanic Gardens are home to a music bowl, a small zoo with a walk through aviary, a tree chapel, Willans Hill Model Railway

Willans Hill Model Railway

Willans Hill Model Railway is located in Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens in the suburb of Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.The railway was established in 1982. It is operated by the Wagga Wagga Society of Model Engineers...

 and a camellia garden.
The gardens were established in 1969

1969 in Australia

-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Lord Casey , then Sir Paul Hasluck*Prime Minister – John Gorton-State premiers:*Premier of New South Wales – Robert Askin*Premier of Queensland – Joh Bjelke-Petersen...

 and occupy 8.9 hectares.

The camellia garden was established as a bicentennial project

Australian Bicentenary

The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1970 on the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing and claiming the land, and again in 1988 to celebrate 200 years of permanent European settlement.-1970:...

. Located in the camelia garden is a magnificently decorated traditional Chinese pavilion, a bicentennial gift from Kunming

Kunming

' is the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. It was known as Yunnan-Fou until the 1920s. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of Yunnan, and is the seat of the provincial government...

, China

China

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, one of Wagga Wagga's sister cities

Town twinning

Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...

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