More Info →Aviary Esplanade

Description

The Esplanade "...aviary was established in 1955. It consists of a twenty two cage complex housing over 55 varieties of birds with an array of colourful, native and exotic species including the Blue Indian Ringneck, the Kea, the Kaka, the Bleeding Heart Pigeon, the rare Antipodes Island Parakeet, the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo and vividly coloured Australian parrots. The New Zealand Blue Duck and Brown Teal aviary areas are a recent addition. These birds are endangered species and have been established at the aviary in a replication of their natural habitat."

The Aviaries were renovated as part of the Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery facility development, which opened to the public in 2019.

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-1988.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

PNCC City Planning

Relation

PNCC7-8-3

Date

1960s to 1970s

Digitisation id

2025S_PNCC7-8-3_Evans_043695

Format

Slide

Held In

"PNCC Archives"