Located within the Centre of the Central Business District, Machattie Park was formally opened in December 1890
Machattie Park is situated on the site of the old Gaol c.1847, which was demolished in 1888 to make way for the park.
A lovely late 19th-century Victorian country-town park with restored buildings such as the Fernery, Band Rotunda, Begonia House (in bloom from February to Easter), Caretakers Cottage (c.1890), The Crago Fountain and Lake Spencer.
The park was named after Dr Richard Machattie, an early doctor who served several times as Mayor and was leader of a group who fought to have a park on the site. Machattie Park is bound by William, Keppel, George and Russell Streets.
A plaque in the park commemorates the visit to Bathurst of Charles Darwin in 1836.
The ornate Victorian Fountain
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