Bullen's Animal World
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Bullen's Animal World was a circus style zoo & theme park located at Wallacia , New South Wales, Australia on the outskirts of Sydney owned by the Bullen family of circus properietors. Its address was 11 Park Road, Wallacia. An equivalent one Bullen's African Lion Safari also existed nearby at Warragamba a few kilometres away; aswell as the Wanneroo Lion Park in Wanneroo in Perth. Upon it's closure, some of the animals were moved to the lion park at Warragamba, while some were moved to a property a kilometer away also in Wallacia, also owned by the Bullen family.[1][2][3][4][5][6] [7][8][9][10]
Background
The park was established in 1969 by Stafford Bullen, the son of circus founder Alfred Percival Bullen, officially opened to visitors in January 1970, and operated until 1985. Its closure was to foreshadow the closure of Bullen's other nearby venture, the African Lion Safari, in 1991.
Numerous animal rides; and amusement rides such as go-carts, mini-bikes, jet boat, raft boat rides, water bikes, tractor rides, chair lifts, helicopter rides, giant slides, suspension bridge and giant play equipment. Aswell as 8 kilometres of drive-through roads.
It included animals such as:
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- American bison
- Asian elephants
- Asian water buffalos
- Black swans
- Black-backed jackals
- Blackbucks
- Bobcat
- Cattle
- Chimpanzees
- Common wallaroos
- Common wombat
- Domestic goats
- Domestic sheep
- Donkeys
- Dromedary camels
- Eastern grey kangaroos
- Emus
- Fallow deers
- Galah
- Guinea pigs
- Hamadryas baboons
- Huskies
- Jaguars
- Leopards
- Llamas
- Mandrills
- Ostriches
- Plains zebras
- Ponies
- Pumas
- Rabbits
- Raccoons
- Red deers
- Red kangaroos
- Red-necked wallabies
- Red-rumped agoutis
- Rhesus macaques
- Tigers
References
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External links
- News story about two chimpanzees from the park
- Obituary of Stafford Bullen, originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January 2001
- Old map of the park
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