Elephant locations in Australia

60 locations has kept elephants in Australia

There is presently 27 (8,19) living elephants in locations in Australia in this database

Australia
Region:	Australia is in this database included in australia
Location holdings:	60 locations has kept 158 elephants in Australia (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	27 (8,19) living 131 (18,108) dead

The first importation of elephants into Australia appears to be in late 1851 when a male and female elephant from Dacca, India were shipped from Calcutta on board the ship Golden Saxon. She came into port at Hobart. The male elephant was sold at auction, and was exhibited around various hotels in Hobart before he was shipped to Melbourne, before ending up in Adelaide where he ended up pulling a plow. The elephant was named "Tommy" It appears he died around 1860, however I still have to confirm a definite death date on this animal.
Liz Clark

Theres a large selection of photos of elephants in Australia at State Library of New South Wales

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Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2024) available online retrieved 2024-11-25 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Australia.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
Adelaide Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	3 deaths	Adelaide (map) South Australia
Ashtons Animal Kingdom Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Brisbane
Ashtons Circus (circus) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	4 deaths	Sans Souci
Australia unspecified location (private) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Australia Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 4 present (0,4)	0 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	Beerwah (map)Sunshine Coast district Queensland northeastern Australia
Bullen's African Lion Safari in Beenleigh (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Beenleigh Queensland
Bullen's African Lion Safari in Rockbank (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Rockbank Victoria Rockbank Victoria
Bullen's African Lion Safari in Warragamba (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Sydney (map) New South Wales
Bullen's Animal World (zoo) Kept totally 8 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	4 deaths	Wallacia New South Wales
Bullen's Circus (circus) Kept totally 22 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	11 relocated	11 deaths
Cells Brothers Circus (circus) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	3 deaths
Circus Belli (Rudi Belli) (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Royale Australia (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Sunrise (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Cremorne Hotel Gardens (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Unley (map)
Eronis Circus (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Melbourne
FitzGerald Brothers' Circus and Menagerie (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Freemantle Harbour (seaport) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Perth (map)
Fremantle Harbour (seaport) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	0 deaths	Perth
Fritz Schultz (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Ormeau (map) Queensland
Gepps Cross Hotel (Mr Matthews) (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Adelaide (map) South Australia
Goldwyn Brothers circus (circus) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	4 deaths
Hagens Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Highfield Hall (Ellis Stanley Joseph) (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Sydney (map)
Hobart Beaumaris Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Hobart (map) Tasmania
Lennon Brothers Circus (circus) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths
Macleay Museum (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Sydney (map) New South Wales
Melbourne Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 23 elephants	, 9 present (2,7)	8 births	5 relocated	9 deaths	Melbourne (map)
Monarto Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Monarto (map) South Australia
Mr J. Thomas (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map) Tasmania
Olsens Bird Garden (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Currumbin Gold Coast
Pagels Circus (Greg Bullen Circus) (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Pagens circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Perry Brothers Circus (circus) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	6 deaths
Perth Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 13 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	6 relocated	5 deaths	South Perth (map) Western Australia
Port of Hobart (seaport) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Hobart (map)
Radfords Royal Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Ridgeways circus (circus) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	4 deaths	Sydney
Robinson Family Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Silvers Circus (Mervyn King) (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Sir Joseph Banks Hotel Zoological Gardens (William Beaumont) (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	Botany (map) New South Wales
Smiths Hotel (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Smithfield (map) South Australia
Sole Brothers Circus (circus) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	8 deaths	(map)
South Australian Museum (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Adelaide (map) South Australia
Stardust Circus (circus) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	1 deaths
Sydney Dental Hospital (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Sydney (map) New South Wales
Sydney Harbour Port Jackson (seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Sydney (map) New South Wales
Sydney Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 41 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	4 births	19 relocated	20 deaths	Sydney (map)
Sydney Zoo (Bungarribee) (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 2 present (2,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Bungarribee (map) New South Wales
Sydney Zoo (Moore Park) (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	5 relocated	1 deaths	Moore Park, Sydney (map) New South Wales
Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 20 elephants	, 7 present (3,4)	2 births	2 relocated	11 deaths	Dubbo (map) New South Wales
Tex Mortens Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
The Great Moscow Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
University of Newcastle (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Callaghan (map) NSW
W.H. Hartley (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Wanneroo Lion Park (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Werribee Open Range Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Werribee (map) Werribee South Victoria
West Family Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Wirth Circus (circus) Kept totally 35 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	9 relocated	26 deaths	Sydney (map)
Wonderland City (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Sydney (map) New South Wales

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60 locations has kept elephants in Australia

There is presently 27 (8,19) living elephants in locations in Australia in this database

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