Mutawintji
National Park
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A
quiet waterhole in Mutawintji National Park |
130 km north-east
of Broken Hill
The rugged, mulga-clad
Byngnano Range is dissected by colourful gorges, rockpools and creek beds
lined with red gums. Scattered among the caves and overhangs are galleries
of Aboriginal rock art and engravings.
In 1979, the Foundation
for National Parks & Wildlife purchased and fenced 10,000 hectares,
in the Coturaundee Ranges, now part of Mutawintji National Park, for the
conservation and protection of the Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby.
Follow-up funding
of fox eradication in the reserve ensured the survival of this last population
of Yellow-footed Rock-wallabies in NSW.
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