Important Arid Wildlife and Habitats Protected

The mulgara, an endangered carnivorous marsupial, caught in action on the Cravens Peak reserve. Photograph by Jiri Lochman.

15 November 2005

Australian Government funding of $1.8 million will support Bush Heritage’s purchase of Cravens Peak Station, a large area of far western Queensland with an outstanding biodiversity of arid species. 

Extending north from the dunes of the Simpson Desert to the grasslands of the Mulligan River, these 233,000 hectares are home to 21 major plant communities and more than 220 species of animals.

The property supports the greatest diversity of reptile fauna of any desert in the world and provides habitat for 16 threatened species, including the endangered Mulgara.

Refer also to the media coverage of this acquisition.

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