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Build a campaign
Become a Fighting Extinction School by completing an educational project with your students supported by project ideas, programs and classroom resources.
Becoming a zoo keeper
What does it take to become a Zoo Keeper? Find out here.
A Tiny Dragon
Written in collaboration with Zoos Victoria and Teeny Tiny Stevies, the catchy tune celebrates the recent rediscovery of the Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon.
Zoo Keeper For a Day
Experience what it takes to care for the amazing animals at Kyabram Fauna Park. Zoo Keeper For a Day gives children the chance to see Kyabram Fauna Park from a different perspective. Go behind the scenes to help to prepare nutritious diets, create enrichment items, maintain habitats, feed our animals, and learn about wildlife conservation.
Build a project
Become a Fighting Extinction School by completing an educational project with your students supported by project ideas, programs and classroom resources.
Build a Project - Threatened Species - Healesville Sanctuary
Expand your teaching skills with our Professional Development (PD) for educators and teachers. Designed for the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF). Learn more.
Build a Project - Threatened Species - Melbourne Zoo
Explore our STEM professional development (PD) program for Victorian primary and secondary school teachers to enrich your classes, from early childhood to year 10. Learn more.
A DOZEN DELIGHTFUL PYGMY-POSSUMS
Not one, not two, but 12 Mountain Pygmy-possums have been born at Healesville Sanctuary as part of a breeding program for the Critically Endangered species.
Leave a Gift in your Will
A gift in a Will, will change animals' lives for the better and help move species off the critically endangered list.
Getting here
Healesville Sanctuary is just a one hour drive from Melbourne CBD through the stunning Yarra Valley wine region!
Conservation Partners
Giving a major gift is much more than a financial transaction it is inspiring others to give, changing animal’s lives for the better and helping move species off the critically endangered list.
Wurundjeri Culture
There is a rich history of Indigenous culture in this region, and you can see this reflected throughout the Sanctuary.
Behaviour Change
Our Connect-Understand-Act (CUA) model is a proven behaviour change tool for inspiring conservation action. Learn more with our professional development workshop.
Tasmanian Devil
Now listed as endangered, the Tasmanian Devil is the largest living carnivorous marsupial in the world.
Wedding celebrations
With a wide range of ceremony and reception spaces, there’s something for every taste and style. Whether you prefer an intimate reception gathering, a garden wedding or a formal sit-down dinner or your very own private animal exhibit, the choice is yours. Learn more.
Guiding Principles Animal Experiences
Understand what the animal experience will be like on a zoo excursion.
Wominjeka – Indigenous cultural experiences with Murrundindi
Gold Winner of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Victorian Tourism Award for 'Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Tourism Experiences'. Learn a little language as Murrundindi welcomes you onto Country with a friendly Wominjeka; listen to the sounds of the didgeridoo; stop to have a yarn; hear local stories, and be amazed at his mastery making that Boomerang really fly! Every Sunday, Murrundindi is here to share the cultural stories of his land.