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Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is a 9.7-hectare (24-acre) wildlife sanctuary located in Brighton, Tasmania, Australia.Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and preservation of native Australian animals, Bonorong actively participates in various conservation projects, contributes to breeding programs, research initiatives, and advocacy for the protection of Tasmania's wildlife. [2]
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is an independent Australian nonprofit organisation, working to conserve threatened wildlife and ecosystems in Australia. AWC is the largest private owner and manager of land for conservation in Australia, currently managing 31 sanctuaries and partnership sites for wildlife conservation that cover over 6.5 million hectares of land across Australia. [1]
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is an 18-hectare (44-acre) koala sanctuary in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket in Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1927, it is the oldest and largest koala sanctuary of its kind in the world. [1] The park houses approximately 80 species of Australian animals. [2]
Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, once a cattle station known as Newhaven Station, is an Australian nature reserve. It lies around 300–400 kilometres (186–249 mi) north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is jointly operated by Birds Australia and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.
The sanctuary is a permanent home to over 70 species of Australian mammals, birds and reptiles such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, crocodiles, goannas. parrots and cassowaries (and also meerkats from Africa). In addition, the natural billabong (lake) at the center of the sanctuary is host to many visiting animals, some of which will ...
Wirrimbirra Sanctuary is a property of the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales), established in Macarthur, New South Wales and managed as a wildlife refuge by the Stead Foundation. Created in the 1960s by Thistle Stead to preserve the native 'Bargo Brush', a thick dense brushland covering the Bargo Plateau.
Mount Gibson Sanctuary is a 1,305-square-kilometre (504 sq mi) nature reserve on the northern edge of the Wheatbelt and the southern margin of uncleared rangeland country, 350 kilometres (220 mi) north-east of Perth in mid-west Western Australia.
Australian Wildlife Conservancy state that there 60 known species of birds at Buckaringa Sanctuary and 4 known mammals. [5] Some of the bird species are the wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), the sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), the sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) and the blue-winged parrot ...