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AuthorNorthern Beaches Library Local StudiesDate1886DescriptionEnthusiasm for an aquarium and concert hall in Manly began in earnest in 1885 and in 1886 the Manly Aquarium and NSW first Aquarium was built in just eight weeks on the corner of The Corso and Darley Road, Manly. The complex was complete with an aquarium, baths, fern house and seal pool with 15,000 people visiting the Aquarium in its first official opening weekSubjectsManly (N.S.W.)AquariumsBusinessesHallsKeywordsamusements
aquatic life
sea
fish
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water habitats
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aquatic life
sea
fish
species
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Northern Beaches Library Local Studies, Manly's Great Aquarium (1886). Northern Beaches Council, accessed 21/04/2026, https://northernbeaches.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/54124