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Opened in May 1883, Adelaide Zoo is the second-oldest zoo in Australia and one of the few major city zoos still run by a not-for-profit society rather than a government department. It was founded by the South Australian Acclimatisation and Zoological Society on land carved from the adjoining Botanic Park, and several of its first buildings survive, including the polychrome brick and cast-iron front gates of 1883 and the former Elephant House. The grounds double as a botanic garden, with mature t...