Thurston Gardens
Thurston Gardens are the botanical gardens of Fiji. They used to be known as the Suva Botanical Gardens but its name was changed in honour of the fifth Governor of Fiji, Sir John Bates Thurston, who was Governor from February 1888 to March 1897.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fiji Museum and Albert Park.
Fiji Museum
Museum
The Fiji Museum is a museum in Suva, Fiji, located in the capital city's botanical gardens, Thurston Gardens. Fiji Museum is situated 130 metres southeast of Thurston Gardens.
Albert Park
Sports venue
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Albert Park is located in Suva, the capital of Fiji. It was named after Prince Albert, the Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, to whom the country was ceded in 1874. Albert Park is situated 200 metres north of Thurston Gardens.
Dudley High School
School
Dudley High School is a coeducational high school on Toorak Hill, Suva, Fiji that is run by the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma. It is named after missionary sister, Hannah Dudley who dedicated her life to taking care of Indian women and orphans that were victims of the vicious indentured system that brought labourers from India to Fiji by the colonial government. Dudley High School is situated 1 km northeast of Thurston Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suva and Lami.
Suva
Photo: Tucoxn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suva is the capital of Fiji with a population of 94,000 in the city proper and 185,000 in the metropolitan area.
Lami
Town
Photo: Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lami is an urban area in Rewa Province, Fiji, north-west of the capital Suva. It was formally incorporated as a town in 1977, and had a population of 20,529 at the most recent census in 2007. Lami is situated 4½ km northwest of Thurston Gardens.
Nasinu
Town
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Nasinu is an urban area on the island Viti Levu in Fiji. It is officially designated a "Town" and was formally incorporated as such in 1999. The population of Nasinu was 92,043 at the 2017 Census. Nasinu is situated 8 km northeast of Thurston Gardens.
Thurston Gardens
- Type: Park
- Description: botanical gardens of Fiji
- Categories: botanical garden and recreation area
- Location: Rewa Province, Central, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-18.14901° or 18° 8′ 56″ southLongitude
178.42465° or 178° 25′ 29″ eastOpen location code
5VHWVC2F+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 23706912OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q4275602
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Fiji Hindi to Ukrainian—“Thurston Gardens” goes by many names.
- Fiji Hindi: “Thurston gardens”
- Fiji Hindi: “Thurston Gardens”
- German: “Thurston Gardens”
- Polish: “Thurston Gardens”
- Portuguese: “Thurston Gardens”
- Romanian: “Grădina Thurston”
- Russian: “Сады Терстона”
- Spanish: “Jardines Thurston”
- Ukrainian: “Сади Турстона”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thurston Gardens”. Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.