sentences:  Alma Park Zoo was the first zoo to open in Queensland and was the oldest zoo in Queensland.The zoo was owned by Bill Williams who also owned a business called WW Shock Absorbers, but was built by workers, led by Leroy Pidgeon, who lived with his family in the caretakers cottage in the zoo at the time.Leroy also recovered, transported and replanted many of the mature palm trees that were a statement of the zoo.