Australian Inland Botanic Gardens, Botanical garden in Mourquong, New South Wales, Australia

Australian Inland Botanic Gardens is a large garden displaying over 20,000 plants from Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The site spans 152 hectares and shows different ecosystems and vegetation zones in one location.

CSIRO scientists proposed the garden in 1983, and the land, a former sheep grazing property, was donated to the community five years later. The gardens were established in 1989, with John Wrigley, inaugural director of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, drawing up the master plan. The first planting took place in 1991, when patrons Lady Stephen and Sir Ninian Stephen planted Eucalyptus citriodora along the entrance drive.

The gardens house a Bush Chapel where visitors can encounter educational programs and community gatherings. This space also functions as a research site for scientific institutions and school projects.

The gardens are open daily and admission is free. A tractor-train tour runs on the first Sunday of each month. Water comes from the Murray River under pressure and on demand, and a flag monitored by the NSW Department of Agriculture shows the underground water level. Blue-topped pegs set in a grid mark locations across the grounds.

The site protects mature mallee forests containing Eucalyptus species over 2500 years old. Special fencing keeps rabbits and kangaroos away from these ancient trees.