Caring for our Country

National Reserve System

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Bush Heritage Australia

Bush Heritage Australia currently owns and manages 26 reserves throughout Australia covering 675,000 hectares. These reserves are safeguarding at least 67 threatened vegetation communities and more than 236 threatened plants and animals.

Since 1999, with more than eight million dollars from the Australian Government, Bush Heritage Australia has added 11 protected areas, covering over 859,010 hectares.

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 New South Wales. The imperative is to rebuild habitats across large swathes of country which will allow wildlife to move and adapt to climate change.

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List of properties purchased by Bush Heritage with National Reserve System 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