Mutawintji National Park
| Mutawintji National Park NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service | |
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| Website | Mutawintji National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
The Mutawintji National Park, formerly the Mootwingee National Park, is a
Broken Hill
.
Features and location
The rugged, mulga-clad Byngnano Range is dissected by colourful gorges, rockpools and creek beds lined with red gums. Scattered among the caves and overhangs are Aboriginal rock art and engravings.
In 1979, the
yellow-footed rock wallaby
.
Follow-up funding of fox eradication in the reserve ensured the survival of this last population of yellow-footed rock-wallabies in New South Wales. Of the wild animals,
The park also protects Mutawintji Historic Site, containing one of the best collections of Australian Aboriginal rock art.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mutawintji National Park: Park management". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Mutawintji National Park | Learn more". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
Gallery
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Hand stencils. Mootwingee. -
Etched rock figures. Mutawintji National Park -
Waterhole, Mootwingee -
Rock etchings. Mootwingee -
Hand stencils in rock overhang, Mootwingee -
Mootwingee waterhole -
Ancient rock etchings. Mootwinjee -
Etched human-like figures. Mootwingee -
Kangaroos etched on rocks. Mootwingee
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mutawintji National Park.
- "Mutawintji Lands: Plan of management" (PDF). ISBN 978-1-74359-284-7.
- Mutawintji National Park (PDF) (PDF Map). NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, Government of New South Wales.
- The Archaeology of Mootwingee,Western New South Wales by F. D. McCarthy and N. W. G. Macintosh. Records of the Australian Museum, VOL. XXV, No. 13, 1962, pp. 249–298.
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