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How to move a zoo
It took years to plan how to transport hundreds of animals from Sydney’s first zoo (Moore Park Zoological Gardens) to the new purpose-built home at Taronga Park in 1916.
![Jessie the elephant on a punt at the wharf enroute to new [Taronga] Zoo by Dr Todd, 24 Sept 1916.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_1296/t_resize_width/q_62%2Cf_auto/2c2ab72ca731c25708f572dec303fdda4752d72f)
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Jessie the elephant on a punt at the wharf enroute to new [Taronga] Zoo by Dr Todd, 24 Sept 1916. Credit:Courtesy State Library of NSW
![Jessie the elephant on a punt at the wharf enroute to new [Taronga] Zoo by Dr Todd, 24 Sept 1916.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_1296/t_resize_width/q_62%2Cf_auto/72d1f369957b5f9bfe0c0a218c3c0cb19f7ac154)
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Jessie the elephant on a punt at the wharf enroute to new [Taronga] Zoo by Dr Todd, 24 Sept 1916.Credit:Courtesy State Library of NSW
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Official opening of Taronga Zoological Park, 7 October 1916. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/16382]ST5934
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Official opening of Taronga Zoological Park, 7 October 1916. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/15969]ST5948
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Elephant ride on Jessie at Moore Park Zoological Gardens, date unknown. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481 [7/15981] ST8409
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Elephant ride on Jessie at Moore Park Zoological Gardens, date unknown.Credit:NSW State Archives
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Dundri in elephant house bath, Taronga Zoo February 1917. Credit:State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
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Ideal picnic resort, Taronga Zoo, 1916.Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/15981] ST8384
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Elephant ride at Taronga Zoological Park, February 1917. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS 4481[7/16382]ST5983
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Dundri about to enter his bath, Taronga Zoo, date unknown. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/15980] ST8377
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Monkey enclosure overlooking the elephant house, Taronga Zoo, September 1916.Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/16381] ST5909
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View across Taronga Zoo, February 1917. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/16382] ST5975
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Polar bears, Taronga Zoo, 1917. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/16384] ST6084
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Old man kangaroo, Moore Park Zoological Gardens, May 1908. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481[7/16345] ST3542
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Feeding the seals, Taronga Zoo, February 1917.Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481 [7/16382] ST5991
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Bird of prey aviary, Taronga Zoo, 1917.Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS4481 [7/16384] ST6085
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Hippopotamus, Taronga Zoo, February 1917. Credit:NSW State Archives: NRS 4481 [7/16382] ST5981