Albury Botanic Gardens
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The Albury Botanic Gardens are a botanical garden
located in the city of Albury, New South Wales
, Australia
. The garden was established in 1877 and forms an example of the mainstream ideas about gardening in the 19th and 20th centuries. It covers an area of 4 hectares (9.9 acre) and specialises in Australian rainforest specimens.
The garden is maintained by the municipality of Albury and provides free entrance.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
located in the city of Albury, New South Wales
Albury, New South Wales
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The garden was established in 1877 and forms an example of the mainstream ideas about gardening in the 19th and 20th centuries. It covers an area of 4 hectares (9.9 acre) and specialises in Australian rainforest specimens.
The garden is maintained by the municipality of Albury and provides free entrance.