Tarcutta Hills Reserve

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Tarcutta Hills Reserve is a 432-hectare nature reserve on the lower western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in central west New South Wales, Australia. It is 427 km south-west of Sydney, close to the Hume Highway, and 15 km south of Tarcutta. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA), which purchased it in 1999, and it is listed on the Register of the National Estate.

[edit] Landscape and biota

Tarcutta Hills protects the largest area of intact grassy White Box woodland in Australia. It has a high species richness and contains habitat suitable for the threatened Turquoise Parrot, Swift Parrot, Superb Parrot and Regent Honeyeater.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tarcutta Hills Reserve
  2. ^ Australian Heritage Database: Tarcutta Hills

[edit] External links


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