Gondwana Rainforest Sanctuary, Former zoo in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Gondwana Rainforest Sanctuary was a former zoo at South Bank Parklands in Brisbane, built as a large bird aviary with display dioramas and sculpted concrete panels sprayed to look like rock. It held about 700 animals, among them fairy wrens, bowerbirds, koalas, wallabies, Tasmanian devils, echidnas, freshwater crocodiles and lungfish, with nocturnal animals in a nocturnal house.

Created by Natureworks under David Joffe, the sanctuary was due to open on 20 June 1992 but opened a week later, following World Expo 88. Cost overruns from a wet construction period sent it into receivership in 1993. It closed in January 1998 and the animals were relocated; the site is now roughly where Riverside Green stands.

The sanctuary's name refers to Gondwana, the ancient southern supercontinent, and its educational displays traced the creation of Australia through Gondwanan times and the evolution of Australian animals. Large animated Australian dinosaurs let visitors step back into that past.

The location sits within an urban parkland area and is easily accessible on foot. The space has been transformed into a mix of shopping and green areas where visitors can walk and spend time outdoors.

The sanctuary's concrete walls were sculpted and sprayed to resemble rock, forming a series of outer and inner panels around the aviary. Inside, a nocturnal house held the sanctuary's night-active animals, including gliders, possums and eastern quolls.