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.
Annual surveys of Mutawintji National Park confirm that the population is now recovering, having grown every year since 1995. There are now between 300 and 400 Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies.
Mutawintji is also a stunning place of harsh beauty for people to enjoy, and it preserves some of the most significant examples of Australia's cultural heritage in the form of Indigenous rock art and carvings.
Colourful gorges, rockpools and creek beds lined with red gums dissect the rugged, mulga-clad
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is the only organisation in Australia whose philanthropy is an investment in our public estate, for all to enjoy.
