Victorian Sites
Royal Park, Melbourne
Royal Park, Melbourne’s largest park located 3 kilometres
from the CBD, has a long history of European use. Set aside
by La Trobe in the 1830's for recreation, the park was a generous
240 hectares in area. This was later whittled down to its
present size of 180 hectares.
The park combines a range of
sporting facilities, areas for passive recreation and is also home
to the Melbourne Zoo. Original plantings included pine species
along with the locally occurring Eucalyptus camaldulensis, (River
Red Gum).
>> An Overview
>> photos
>> The Competition Winners
>> Comments from the Competition Jury (1985)
>> A summary of the design problem
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“The Royal Park Competition – A Landscape Australia
Report”
Landscape Australia (1985) no 2, p 134-140.
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A series of PDF articles from Landscape Australia 3/85
The Masterplan Competition
Entry by Urban Initiatives and Loder & Bayley
Entry by Green Dale & Wright Pty Ltd
Entry by Graham Shaw & Partners
Details
and History
of Royal Park (City of Melbourne)
REFERENCES
Aitken & Looker (2001) Oxford companion to Australian gardens.
