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Contact Details
Mr Clarence Slockee
Aboriginal Education Officer
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| Join in a journey of discovery with your Aboriginal guide in an informative tour highlighting the rich Aboriginal heritage in the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. Discover the significance of this site to the Cadigal original inhabitants of the Sydney city area; experience traditional Aboriginal culture, artefacts and taste bush food.
Tours with an Aboriginal interpretive component are also offered at Mount Annan and Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens upon request.
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| Key Experiences |
Learn about Aboriginal history and culture
Learn about traditional Aboriginal hunting / gathering
Learning about and playing Aboriginal instruments (didgeridoo, clap sticks etc.)
Learning about the Aboriginal Dreaming (Dreaming are Aboriginal stories and legends of how their land was created)
Tours of historic Aboriginal sites with a local Aboriginal tour guide
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| Type of Product |
Tours |
| Hours/Days of Operation |
Weekdays by request |
| Tours commence from |
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens Shop or by arrangement for groups |
| Facilities eg. Catering,
Covered bathroom, open air bathroom |
Bush food lunches are available for groups upon request, bookings essential |
| Ground tour operators working
or packaged with |
Inbound tour operators |
| Cancellation Policy |
Non refundable 2 working days prior. 10% retained for cancellations with more than two working days notice |
| Recommended duration/ length
of stay at product |
Between 1½ and 2 hours |
| Capacity, specify min and max
numbers |
min 1, max 50 per session |
| Location, how far from capital
city specified in time and transport method |
Sydney CBD |
| Accessibility |
All vehicles sealed road
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| Major Markets |
Group tours are mostly internationals and ITO. Scheduled tours are mostly domestic. One third of the visitors to the gardens are tourists, of these 70% international and 30% domestic. |
| Visitor Numbers per year |
Total approx 6,000 per year including education/group bookings and FITs |
| Date started or length of
operation |
1999 |
| Ownership |
Government ownership |
| If community owned,
organisation name |
NA |
| No of Aboriginal Staff |
1 full time, 3 contractors |
| Accreditation |
No |
