page_title: Rosalind Park
section_title: Conservatory Gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Rosalind Park / Conservatory Gardens
caption_attribution_description: Statue of Venus. The inscription on the plinth reads (not shown in picture) "Presented to the Citizens of Bendigo by W M Hunter 1901"
context_page_description: Rosalind Park is an Australian park in Bendigo, Victoria. Prior to white settlement, a grassy woodland surrounding what is now called Bendigo Creek. At that time the creek was little more than a chain of pools and billabongs. This area would have been an important source of food and water for the indigenous Dja Dja Wrung people living in dry central Victoria.
  In the 1850s gold was discovered in the area, radically transforming the area that is now Rosalind Park. Bendigo was one of the richest gold mining regions in the world, with more gold found in the region from 1850 to 1900 than anywhere else in the world. At present it remains the seventh richest goldfield in the world. Puddling mills, shafts and piles of mine wastes and cast offs dominated the landscape. In 1852 the area was officially designated a Government Camp precinct, the bounds of which still roughly designate the park today. The Government Camp area comprised 66 acres and contained police barracks, gaol and lock-up, a courthouse, a gold office and other government buildings, offices and quarters.
context_section_description: Prior to being turned into a park this area was used as a rubbish tip.  This garden now comprises an ornate cast iron fence as well as some notable exotic palms (Washington Fan Palm) which were planted in the late 1800s.  The garden contains the ornate cast iron conservatory well as a range of statuary.  Right is shown The conservatory was erected in 1897.
  This garden area is used to showcase a range of floral exhibitions throughout the year, both in the garden beds and within the conservatory.
caption: Venus (1901). Presented to the Citizens of Bendigo by W M Hunter 1901
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