{{Short description|Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{For|the King's Domain in New France|Domaine du roy}} {{Infobox park | name = Kings Domain | image = GovernmentHouseMelbourne1 gobeirne.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Government House in the south-east corner of Kings Domain | map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne | map_alt = | map_size = 240 | map_caption = Location of the King's Domain in Melbourne | mapframe = yes<!-- see more options below --> | mapframe-zoom = 14 | coordinates = {{coord|display=it|37|49|33|S|144|58|27|E|type:landmark_region:AU-VIC}} | type = Urban park | location = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | area = {{cvt|36|ha}} | opened = {{start year and age|1854}} | operator = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | status = Open | paths = Sealed | public_transit = {{plainlist| *{{rint|Melbourne|Metropolitan}}{{spaced endash}} Anzac, Flinders Street *{{rint|victoria|tram|link=List of Melbourne tram routes}}{{spaced endash}} St Kilda Road trams *{{rint|victoria|met bus|link=List of bus routes in Melbourne}}{{spaced endash}} bus routes *20px{{spaced endash}} from Federation Square }} | terrain = {{hlist|Undulating hills|riverbank}} | water = Yarra River | vegetation = {{hlist|Australian natives|lawns|European gardens}} | free_label = Landmarks | free_data = {{ubl|Sidney Myer Music Bowl|Shrine of Remembrance|Government House|Indigenous Australians Remains Memorial|La Trobe's Cottage|Various statues and memorials}} | facilities = {{hlist|Seating|shelters|toilets}} | website = {{url|https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/kings-domain}} | embedded = {{Infobox historic site | embed = yes | designation1 = ANHL | designation1_offname = Melbourne's Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct | designation1_type = Historic | designation1_criteria = A, B | designation1_date = 11 February 2018 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = 106305 | designation1_free1name = Category | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = | designation2 = VHR | designation2_offname = Domain Parklands | designation2_type = Registered place | designation2_criteria = | designation2_date = 25 July 2013 | delisted2_date = | designation2_partof = | designation2_number = H2304 | designation2_free1name = Category | designation2_free1value = Parks, Gardens and Trees | designation2_free2name = Heritage overlay no. | designation2_free2value = HO398 | designation2_free3name = Architectural style | designation2_free3value = }} }}
The '''Kings Domain''' is a {{convert|36|ha|acre|adj=on}} urban parkland and an iconic part of the city centre of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The Domain surrounds Government House Reserve, the home of the governors of Victoria, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and the Shrine of Remembrance. The Domain is important to the people of the Eastern Kulin nation and also has historical importance for its association with the early settlement of Melbourne and the foundation of British colonial administration in Victoria.
Established in 1854 and initially cleared of trees, the Kings Domain gradually grew and extended further north-west. The area comprises lawns and pathways set among non-native and native Australian mature trees, a mixture of deciduous and evergreens. In the 19th century the Kings Domain was managed by the Director of the Botanic Gardens, so many of the trees were planted by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller and later by William Guilfoyle.
There are many memorial statues and sculptures spread throughout the Kings Domain.
Kings Domain is part of a {{convert|123|ha|acre|adj=on}} larger area of parklands directly south-east of the city, bounded by the Yarra River, Anderson Street, Domain Road and St Kilda Road, collectively known as the '''Domain Parklands'''. In addition to the Kings Domain and Kings Doman South, these parklands also include Alexandra Gardens, Alexandra Park, Queen Victoria Gardens, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens), Melbourne Observatory, the Shrine of Remembrance Reserve and Government House Reserve.<ref name=MP/>{{rp|12}}
The park is located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurung people; and is administered by the City of Melbourne.<ref name=MP>{{cite web |url=https://mvga-prod-files.s3.ap-southeast-4.amazonaws.com/public/SiteCollectionDocuments/domain-parklands-master-plan.pdf |title=Domain Parklands Master Plan: 2019–2039 |work=City of Melbourne |date=June 2019 |access-date=2026-05-25 |isbn= }}</ref>{{rp|11}}
== Heritage listings == The Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct{{efn|The area on the Australian National Heritage List included St Kilda Road and the Melbourne Observatory. However, it excluded the Royal Botanic Gardens.<ref name=AHD/><ref name=MP/>{{rp|15}}}} was added to the Australian National Heritage List on 12 February 2018 by the Australian Government in recognition of the Domain's association with Australia's national heritage{{spaced endash}}in particular, as a place where the Traditional Owners asserted control to ensure the return and (re)burial of their ancestors is in accordance with their cultural protocols. The precinct also demonstrates a rare government domain with strong Victorian era components of significant to the Australian people.<ref name=AHD>{{Cite AHD |106305|Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct|date=12 February 2018|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref>
Additionally, the entire Domain Parklands were added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 25 July 2013 by the Government of Victoria in recognition of its historical, archaeological, aesthetic, architectural, scientific (horticultural), and social significance to the State of Victoria.<ref name=VHD>{{cite VHD|165951|Domain Parklands|hr=2304|ho=398|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref>
Some notable elements within the Domain were also listed on various heritage registers, including the: * Government House Complex{{spaced endash}}added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 20 August 1982<ref name="VHD GH">{{cite VHD|1074|Government House Complex|hr=1620|ho=397|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> and to the now defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978<ref>{{Cite AHD |5233|Government House, Melbourne – RNE|date=21 March 1978|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> * Melbourne Observatory{{spaced endash}}added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 20 August 1982<ref>{{cite VHD|1075|Melbourne Observatory|hr=1087|ho=396|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> and to the now defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978<ref>{{Cite AHD |5236|Old Melbourne Observatory – RNE|date=21 March 1978|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> * Shrine of Remembrance{{spaced endash}}added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 14 December 1991;<ref name="VHD Shrine">{{cite VHD|806|Shrine of Remembrance|hr=0848|ho=489|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> and to the now defunct Register of the National Estate on 27 October 1998<ref>{{Cite AHD |14953|The Shrine of Remembrance – RNE|date=27 October 1998|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref>{{efn|The Shrine is listed as added to the Australian National Heritage List on an unknown date;<ref name="ANHL Shrine">{{Cite AHD |106207|The Shrine of Remembrance – ANHL|date=n.d.|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> However, the legal status states: ''"Nomination now ineligible for PPAL,"'' where "PPAL" refers to the priority assessment list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/parks-heritage/heritage/publications/australian-heritage-database/legal-status |title=Australian Heritage Database: Legal status and heritage place lists |work=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |publisher=Australian Government |date=10 October 2021 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref>}} * La Trobe's Cottage{{spaced endash}}added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 13 April 1995<ref name="VHD LTC">{{cite VHD|4729|La Trobe's Cottage|hr=1076|ho=398|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> and to the now defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978<ref>{{Cite AHD |5235|La Trobe's Cottage – RNE|date=21 March 1978|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> *Sidney Myer Music Bowl{{spaced endash}}added to the Australian National Heritage List on 21 September 2005;<ref name="ANHL SMMB">{{Cite AHD |101639|Sidney Myer Music Bowl – ANHL|date=2005-09-21|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> to the Victoria Heritage Register on 18 February 1999;<ref name="VHD SMMB">{{cite VHD|1528|Sidney Myer Music Bowl|hr=1772|ho=908|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> and to the now defunct Register of the National Estate on an unknown date<ref>{{Cite AHD |101639|Sidney Myer Music Bowl – RNE|date=n.d.|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> * Boer War Monument{{spaced endash}}added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 14 June 2007<ref name="VHD Boer">{{cite VHD|1536|Boer War Monument|hr=0382|ho=948|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref> * Lord Hopetoun Memorial{{spaced endash}}added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 10 May 2007<ref name="VHD LHM">{{cite VHD|1537|Marquess of Linlithgow Monument|hr=0366|ho=946|access-date=2026-05-21}}</ref>
== Notable structures == === Sidney Myer Music Bowl === [[File:Aerial perspective of the Sidney Myer Bowl.jpg|thumb|Aerial perspective of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl]] {{main|Sidney Myer Music Bowl}} The heritage-listed Sidney Myer Music Bowl is a world standard, architecturally significant, tensile structure and outdoor performance venue. It was officially opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies on 12 February 1959 with an audience of some 30,000 people, and has remained a popular location for Melburnians.<ref name="ANHL SMMB"/><ref name="VHD SMMB"/>
=== Shrine of Remembrance === [[File:Shrine of Rememberence.jpg|thumb|Shrine of Remembrance]] {{main|Shrine of Remembrance}} The heritage-listed Shrine of Remembrance is one of the largest war memorials in Australia. It was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who died in World War I, but soon came to be seen as Australia's major memorial to all the 60,000 Australians who served in that war.<ref name="VHD Shrine"/>
=== La Trobe's Cottage === [[File:La Trobe's Cottage 6.jpg|thumb|La Trobe's Cottage]] {{main|La Trobe's Cottage}} The heritage-listed Governor La Trobe's Cottage is an historic cottage built in 1839 for the first superintendent of the Port Phillip District of the Colony of New South Wales, Charles La Trobe, and his family. The cottage was constructed out of prefabricated materials imported from England on {{convert|5|ha|acre|0|spell=on}} at Jolimont. It is one of the few surviving examples still standing of prefabricated houses from this period of history and gives an insight into early colonial domestic architecture and living arrangements. In 1963 the cottage was relocated to the Kings Domain as an historical landmark, and is now located backing on to Dallas Brooks Drive.<ref name="VHD LTC"/>
=== Government House === {{main|Government House, Melbourne}} The heritage-listed Government House is the office and official residence of the governor of Victoria since 1934. Between 1901 to 1930 it was used as the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia. Built between 1871 and 1876 in the Victorian Italianate style, it reflects the extravagant style of the period arising from a booming economy due to the Victorian gold rushes.<ref name="VHD GH"/>
=== Kings Domain Resting Place === [[File:Kings Domain Resting Place 1..jpg|thumb|Kings Domain Resting Place]] {{main|Kings Domain Resting Place}} The Kings Domain Resting Place is a memorial for the remains of Indigenous People marked by a granite burial rock honouring the Aboriginal People of Victoria, including the local Wurundjeri. The skeletal remains of 38 Aboriginal People are buried here, after they were handed over to the Aboriginal Community in 1985 by the Melbourne Museum after the Koorie Heritage Trust proposed legal action.
=== Statues and other memorials === thumb|Stapley Pavillion Over many years, the Kings Domain has been a popular location to erect status and memorials, to the point where, according to some, it has become clogged.<ref>{{cite web |author=Walliss, Jillian |author2=Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture |url=https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/subject-information/msd-studios/master-of-landscape-architecture/la_sem2_2024/studio-1 |title=The King is Dead: De-Colonising the Kings Domain |work=Melbourne School of Design: Studio 1 |publisher=University of Melbourne |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> The description on the Australian National Heritage List was more subtle:<ref name=AHD/> {{blockquote|''Over a long period the place has been recognised as a home for memorials to important events and people. In this way the park is a significant holder of the city's memory. The many memorials located within the place indicate the high esteem held for the area by the community.''}}
However, in its 2019–2039 Master Plan, the City of Melbourne announced that it would not permit any additional large memorials or monuments, and stated:<ref name=MP/>{{rp|27}} {{blockquote|''There are many memorials within the Kings Domain. Due to its location, character and high profile, the Kings Domain is frequently requested as the location to place new memorials. While each existing memorial has merit, the ''ad hoc'' accumulation over time has resulted in visual clutter and limitations on the way the parklands can be used… It is proposed that no further large memorials be placed in the Kings Domain, and any future memorialisation only be considered where it could become part of the landscape rather than as a specific element.''}}
==== List of statues and other memorials ==== The following statues or memorials have been erected in the Kings Domain and the adjacent heritage area:<ref name=VHD/><ref>{{cite map |publisher=Melway Publishing |title=Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory |edition=32 |year=2005 |page=Map 1D |section=V11 |isbn=0-909439-06-0}}</ref>
{{incomplete list|date=May 2026}} <!-- Please list in date order, from oldest to newest. Thanks. --> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Date completed !! Honouree<br/>or name of work !! Image !! Type of memorial !! Description !! class=unsortable | Notes |- | {{dts|1904|5|29|format=dmy}} || Boer War Monument || 100px || Monument made of sandstone with a bluestone base by George De Lacy Evans || Honours Australians who died in the Second Boer War, funded by members of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regiment || <ref name="VHD Boer"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/conflict/boer/display/32533-victorian-mounted-rifles-memorial |title=Victorian Mounted Rifles Memorial |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1908|01|30|format=dmy}} || Edmund FitzGibbon Memorial || 100px || Granite statue by James White || Erected in honour of Fitzgibbon, the first town clerk of Melbourne, located on St Kilda Road || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/government---local/display/32310-edmund-fitzgibbon- |title=Edmund FitzGibbon |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1911|06|15|format=dmy}} || Lord Hopetoun{{efn|Also known as the "Marquess of Linlithgow Memorial."<ref name="VHD LHM"/>}} || 100px || Bronze equestrian statue || Facing St Kilda Road near the entry to Government House Drive, a result of a public subscription, unveiled by Sir John Fuller, accompanied by Billy Hughes || <ref name="VHD LHM"/> |- | {{dts|1920|07|21|format=dmy}} || King Edward VII || 100px || Bronze statue by Sir Bertram Mackennal {{small|RA}} || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/imperial/display/32383-king-edward-vii |title=King Edward VII |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1925|||df=y}} || ''Water Nymph'' || || Statue || || |- | {{dts|1928|||df=y}} || ''Apollo'' and ''Hercules'' || || Statue || || |- | {{dts|1926|05|10|format=dmy}} || War Horses Memorial || 100px || Granite horse trough || Erected by the Purple Cross Society in honour of the horses lost in World War I and funded by the Boer War Light Horsemen. Unveiled by Sir John Monash || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/culture/animals/display/32540-war-horses-memorial |title=War Horses Memorial |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1926|11|12|format=dmy}} || Edith Cavell || 100px || Marble bust sculpted by Margaret Baskerville || Cavell was an English nurse who helped English and French prisoners escape from Belgium during World War I, and was tried by the Germans and executed on 12 October 1915. Funded by public subscription, relocated 1961 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/medicine/display/32309-nurse-edith-cavell- |title=Nurse Edith Cavell |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref>
|- | {{dts|1934|11|24|format=dmy}} || Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden || 100px || Sunken garden area, with a blue-tiled grotto, which contains a small bronze figure of a woman, designed by Hugh Linaker || Dedicated in tribute to the European pioneer women of the colony, during the centenary year of the founding of Melbourne. Various plaques have been installed in the Garden in honour of pioneer Australian women. || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/landscape/settlement/display/32433-pioneer-women-of-victoria |title=Pioneer Women of Victoria |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1946}} || Peace Garden || || Stone arbours || || |- | {{dts|1950|11|12|format=dmy}} || Sir John Monash || 100px || Bronze equestrian statue by William Leslie Bowles || Dedicated as Commander in Chief of the Australian Forces during World War I, unveiled by the Governor-General, William McKell || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/military/display/32496-general-sir-john-monash |title=General Sir John Monash |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1952|07|20|format=dmy}} || King George V || 100px || Bronze, granite and sandstone sculpture by William Leslie Bowles || A public meeting on 6 February 1937 decided to erect a memorial for the late King and launched a public appeal. Construction was delayed by World War II || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/imperial/display/32384-king-george-v |title=King George V |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1953||df=y}} || Melbourne Rotarians || || Seat || || |- | {{dts|1960|02||df=y}} || Sir Thomas Blamey || 100px || Granite and bronze statue by Raymond B. Ewers || Stands on the corner of Government House Drive and Birdwood Avenue and honours Australia's first Field Marshal and his insistence to the British command that Australian forces remain as cohesive units under Australian command. || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM02117b.htm |access-date=29 October 2011 |title=Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial |publisher=University of Melbourne}}</ref> |- | {{dts|1964|||df=y}} || ''Miraggio''<br/>{{small|(also known as Seated Figure)}} || || Bronze sculpture by Pino Conte || Donated by an anonymous ‘lover of Italy’. Following the re-landscaping, ''Miraggio'' was reinstalled in October 2001. To be faithful to the donor’s wishes and the apparent intent behind the work, the figure is installed as if she were part of the audience. || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/miraggio-also-known-as-seated-figure/ |title=City Collection: Miraggio |work=City of Melbourne |date=2017 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1965|05|07|format=dmy}} || Edward George Honey || || Bronze and aluminium plaque on a large stone, unknown maker || Located on Birdwood Avenue. Honey was a Melbourne-born journalist who campaigned for, and was one of those instrumental in, the adoption of the Two-minute silence on Armistice Day to pause and reflect on those who have lost their lives in war. || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/edward-george-honey-memorial/ |website=City of Melbourne |title=City Collection: Edward George Honey Memorial |date=2017 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1966||df=y}} || Floral Clock || 100px || || || |- | {{dts|1970}}s || Genie, Pathfinder and Phoenix || || Statues || || |- | {{dts|1981|12|18|format=dmy}} || The Walker Fountain || || Concrete fountain designed by Mobelt, Digregorio & Associates || Donated by Ron Walker, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and his wife Barbara as a gift to the people of Victoria. It is located on Linlithgow Avenue and consists of a small lake with hundreds of streams of water, including underwater lights. It replaced the Edmund Fitzgibbon Memorial on the same site. || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/walker-fountain/ |title=City Collection: The Walker Fountain |work=City of Melbourne |date=2017 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1994|12|11|format=dmy}} || Shelter of Peace || 100px || Timber sculpture by Max Chester || Honours the people of Malta, awarded the George Cross, for their role in defence of the country during World War II. Erected by the Maltese community of Melbourne || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/maltese-war-memorial/ |title=City Collection: Maltese War Memorial |work=City of Melbourne |date=2017 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/conflict/ww2/display/32486-shelter-of-peace |title=Shelter of Peace |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1995|08|15|format=dmy}} || {{nowrap|Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop}} || 100px || Statue made from bronze, granite and metal spikes from the Burma-Thailand Railway by Peter Corlett || Dunlop was known as a courageous leader and compassionate doctor and showed great leadership while serving as prisoner of war in Changi Prison and on the Burma-Thailand Railway during World War II. On the steps leading to the sculpture are the names of other doctors who were also POWs at Changi. || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/military/display/32543-sir-edward-%60weary%60-dunlop |title=Sir Edward `Weary` Dunlop |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|1999|||df=y}} || Tilly Aston || 100px || Sculpture of three bronze bells by Anton Hasell || Aston was a blind disability activist who founded the ''Victorian Association of Braille Writers'', and later went on to establish the ''Association for the Advancement of the Blind''. On the sculpture there is an embedded image of Aston with text in embossed lettering and in braille || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/tilly-aston-bell/ |title=City Collection: MTilly Aston Bell |work=City of Melbourne |date=2017 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|2001|11|02|format=dmy}} || Australian and Hellenic men and women || 100px || Sculpture of 12 columns of granite, cast bronze, and white marble by Evangelos Sakaris || Commissioned by the Greek community of Melbourne, it honours those who served in Greece and in the battle of Crete during World War II || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/australian-hellenic-memorial/ |title=City Collection: Australian Hellenic Memorial |work=City of Melbourne |date=2017 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|2002|||df=y}} || Victoria Police || 100px || Bluestone, Riverina granite, coloured stone, bronze sculpture by Anton Hasell and Marcus Ward || Stands as an ongoing dedication and reminder of the service provided by those killed in the line of duty || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.police.vic.gov.au/national-police-remembrance-day-and-memorial |title=National Police Remembrance Day |work=Victoria Police |date=2026-05-11 |access-date=2026-05-25 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|2015|04|13|format=dmy}} || Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial || 100px || Stainless steel, granite, bluestone, copper sculpture by Matthew Harding || Commissioned by the Victorian RSL's Turkish Sub-branch honours WWI fallen soldiers and is a tribute to Australian-Turkish relations || <ref name="Masanauskas">{{cite news|last=Masanauskas|first=John|title=Sculpture featuring giant pine cone proposed for Melbourne park as Gallipoli commemoration|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/sculpture-featuring-giant-pine-cone-proposed-for-melbourne-park-as-gallipoli-commemoration/news-story/da4b4c0ae6d84c24cfe7d7e982c682f1|date=30 November 2019|access-date=5 January 2021|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Rainforth">{{cite news|last=Rainforth|first=Dylan|title=Trentham sculptor Matthew Harding wins $300,000 Anzac commission|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/trentham-sculptor-matthew-harding-wins-300000-anzac-commission-20141111-11k8kn.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 November 2014|access-date=5 January 2021|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="AusTurfrimem">{{cite web|url=http://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/australian-turkish-friendship-memorial-seeds-of-friendship/|title=Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial (Seeds of Friendship)|date=2017|publisher=City of Melbourne|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/conflict/ww1/display/103656-australian-turkish-friendship-memorial |title=Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial |work=Monuments Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-31 }}</ref> |}
== Fauna == Many native animals live in and visit King's Domain including the Brush-tailed and Ring-tailed possums, Tawny Frogmouths, Magpies, Gould's wattled bats, Eastern Freetailed bats and Grey headed flying foxes, Native water rats (Rakali), Kookaburras and several varieties of waterbirds.{{cn|date=May 2026}}
== See also == {{stack|{{portal|Victoria|Environment|Gardening}}}} * Parks and gardens of Melbourne * Heritage gardens in Australia * List of heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne * List of public art in Melbourne
== Notes == {{noteslist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Kings Domain}} * {{oweb|https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/kings-domain}} ** {{cite web |url=http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=25&pa=1273&pg=1291 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726214214/http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=25&pa=1273&pg=1291 |title=Kings Domain |work=City of Melbourne |date=26 July 2008 |archive-date=2008-07-26 |access-date= }} ** {{cite web |url=https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/domain-parklands |title=Domain Parklands |work=City of Melbourne |date=n.d. |access-date=2026-05-25 }} *** {{cite web |url=https://mvga-prod-files.s3.ap-southeast-4.amazonaws.com/public/SiteCollectionDocuments/domain-parklands-master-plan.pdf |title=Domain Parklands Master Plan: 2019-39 |work=City of Melbourne |date=June 2019 |access-date=2026-05-25 |isbn= }} * {{cite news |author1=Doherty, Ben |author2=Miletic, Daniella |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/aboriginal-protest-order-makes-unhappy-campers/2006/04/11/1144521340650.html |work=The Age |title=Aboriginal protest order makes unhappy campers |date=2006-04-12 |access-date=2026-05-25 }} ** Wikinews coverage of the protest
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