Mutawintji National Park

Mutawintji National Park
	Mutawintji Dome
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	Red sandstone cliffs and canyons, yellow-footed rock kangaroo
Next city:	White Cliffs, Broken Hill
Surface:	689 km²
Founding:	4th September 1998
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The Mutawintji National Park is a national park in the northwest of the Australian state of New South Wales , 878 kilometers west-north-west of Sydney and 130 kilometers northeast of Broken Hill .

The wild, bush-covered Byngnano Range is lined with colorful canyons, water holes and stream beds, which are lined with eucalyptus ( red gum ). Between the caves and overhangs there are isolated rock carvings and rock carvings by the Aborigines .

In 1979 the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife bought 100 km² in the Cotarundee Ranges and fenced them in. Today this is the Mutawindji National Park, where u. a. the yellow-footed rock kangaroo is protected.

Further donations and the extermination of the fox (introduced from Europe) in the sanctuary ensured the survival of the last population of the yellow-footed rock kangaroo in New South Wales. Since the lowest level in 1995, the population of the strikingly marked kangaroo species has now increased to 300 to 400 animals.

Also part of the national park is the Mutawintji Historical Site , one of the most important collections of petroglyphs by the Australian Aborigines.

photos

River Red Gums
Eagle's nest in a Flindersia tree
Petroglyphs
Petroglyph of a Brolga crane

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