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This is a list of public aquariums in Australia. For zoos in Australia, see List of zoos in Australia. Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include public aquariums, oceanariums, marine mammal parks, and dolphinariums.
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium (formerly Sydney Aquarium) is a public aquarium in Sydney, Australia. Opened in 1988, it features a large variety of Australian aquatic life, displaying more than 700 species comprising more than 13,000 individual fish and other sea and water creatures from most of Australia's water habitats .
Mermaid Garden [18]; Shipwreck Explorer [19]; Ocean Discovery [20]; Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium view from the Queen's Bridge, before the rebranding. The aquarium is known for its main exhibit, the 2.2 million litre Mermaid Garden oceanarium, which features a grey nurse shark and sandbar whaler sharks, along with up to 2,000 marine creatures of diverse species.
The zoo is the only combined zoo and aquarium in Australia. The zoo has both Australian endemic species and introduced species including the largest collection of big cats in Australia, including, until recently, the only tigon in Australasia. [2] [3] The zoo is also involved in a number of breeding programs for endangered species.
The aquarium specializes in marine animals that inhabit the 12,000-kilometre (7,500 mi) long coastline of Western Australia. [2] In total AQWA holds over 4,000,000 litres (1,057,000 US gal) of water and is home to approximately 400 species of marine life.
Cairns Aquarium is a public aquarium in Cairns, ... (480,000 US gal) ocean tank, Australia's largest freshwater tank with 400,000 L (110,000 US gal) ...