Parks

National Reserve System

Bush Heritage Australia

Website: Bush Heritage Australia  

Bush Heritage Australia currently owns and manages many reserves throughout Australia. These reserves are protecting and safeguarding several hundred threatened vegetation communities and threatened plants and animals.

Since 1999, with more than $8 million from the Australian Government, Bush Heritage have added 11 protected areas, covering over 859,010 hectares.

List of properties purchased by Bush Heritage with NRS Program support

Name

State

Financial Year

IBRA Region

Hectares

Australian Government Funds

Tarcutta Hills Reserve 

NSW

1999/2000

NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)

364

$193,700

Goonderoo Reserve 

QLD

2000/2001

Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

81

$21,836

Carnarvon Station Reserve 

QLD

2000/2001

Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

59,052

$1,210,779

Charles Darwin Reserve (White Wells) 

WA

2002/2003

Avon Wheatbelt (AW)

69,619

$239,109

Ethabuka Reserve 

QLD

2003/2004

Channel Country (CK) /
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

214,000

$450,000

Judith Eardley Reserve (Wychitella) 

VIC

2004/2005

Victorian Midlands (VM)

342

$77,494

Monjebup Reserve (Jensen/Breakaway) 

WA

2004/2005

Esperance Plains (ESP)

956

$120,000

Craven's Peak Reserve 

QLD

2005/2006

Channel Country (CK) /
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

233,568

$1,867,637

Boolcoomatta Reserve 

SA

2005/2006

Broken Hill Complex (BHC) /
Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

63,000

$1,456,394

Scottsdale Reserve 

NSW

2006/2007

South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

1,328

$407,000

Bon Bon Reserve  SA 2007/2008 Stony Plains (STP) /
Gawler (GAW)
216,700 2,093,374

Bush Heritage Australia plays a leadership role in visionary projects to reconnect fragmented landscapes and restore them to health, collaborating on projects like Gondwana Link in Western Australia and Kosciusko to Coast in NSW. The imperative is to rebuild habitats across large swathes of country which will allow wildlife to move and adapt to climate change.