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Our reserves in NSW protect over 17,000 hectares.

Brogo | Burrin Burrin | Nameless Sylvan | Naree | Mawonga | Scottsdale | Tarcutta

Brogo

Established: 1995
Area: 120 ha
Location: 20km north of Bega

In the valley of the Brogo River, this reserve is one of the largest areas of intact bushland in the region. Australia has lost more than 90% of its dry rainforests. Brogo protects patches of the most southerly remnants in NSW.

Brogo
Jacky Winter calling at Brogo Reserve
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Jacky Winter calling at Brogo Reserve. Photo by Joshua Wellington.
Fern regrowth after fire at Burrin Burrin Reserve
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Fern regrowth after fire at Burrin Burrin Reserve. Photo by Amelia Caddy.

Burrin Burrin

Established: 1999
Area: 411 ha
Location: 80km east of Canberra

A place of deep, walled valleys and ferny valley floors. In the 1970s environmental activist Richard Sylvan came across this bushland property, destined to be cleared, and decided to buy it. He left it to us in his Will for ongoing protection.

Burrin Burrin

Mawonga partnership

Established: 2009
Location: 290km west of Dubbo

For Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan people Mawonga Station is a significant part of their traditional Country. Through the Winangakirri Aboriginal Corporation, it was bought on their behalf with funds from the National Reserve System program and Indigenous Land Corporation. We helped with the purchase, ecological assessments and management plans.

Mawonga
RS32213 Mawonga rocky outcrop
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View over Mawonga IPA. Photo Sarah Eccles.
Illawarra Subtropical Rainforest vegetation community at Nameless Reserve
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Illawarra Subtropical Rainforest at Nameless. Photo Joshua Wellington.

Nameless Sylvan

Established: 2007
Area: 54 ha
Location: 100km south of Sydney

The resting place of environmental activist Richard Sylvan, this land was donated by his wife Louise. This small but magical reserve protects Illawarra subtropical rainforest, including red cedars, giant stinging trees, brush bloodwoods and native figs.

Nameless Sylvan

Naree

Established: 2012
Area: 14,400 ha
Location: 130km north west of Bourke

On the inland floodplains of northern NSW, Naree sits at the head of the wetlands of the Cuttaburra Channels and Yantabulla Swamp. During flood it becomes home to 50,000 breeding water birds, and is one of the most important water bird sites in Australia.

Naree
Sunset over wetland at Naree Station Reserve
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Sunset over wetland at Naree Station Reserve. Photo by Katrina Blake.
Volunteers kayaking on the Murrumbidgee River
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Volunteers kayaking on the Murrumbidgee River. Photo by Rohan Thomson / Pew Pew Studio.

Scottsdale

Established: 2006
Area: 1,328 ha
Location: 75km south of Canberra

Scottsdale protects endangered grassy box gum woodlands and temperate grasslands. It's home to many native species and is one of the last intact ecosystems on the Murrumbidgee River (which wraps around its north and west flanks).

Scottsdale

Tarcutta

Established: 1999
Area: 720 ha
Location: 125km west of Canberra

One of the best known, intact examples of grassy white box woodlands, which were once part of a network covering 10 million hectares of south-eastern Australia. They're now highly fragmented and poorly protected.

Tarcutta Hills
Ironbark flowers at Tarcutta
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Ironbark flowers at Tarcutta Hills Reserve. Photo by Richard Taylor.