Mutawintji National Park

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Mutawintji National Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Nearest town or city	White Cliffs
Coordinates	31°08′48″S 142°22′53″E / 31.14667°S 142.38139°E / -31.14667; 142.38139
Area	689 km²
Established	4 September 1998
Managing authorities	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
Official site	Mutawintji National Park

Mutawintji (previous name: Mootwingee) is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 878 km west of Sydney and about 130 km north-east of Broken Hill.

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 Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife purchased and fenced 100 km², in the Coturaundee Ranges, now part of Mutawintji National Park, for the conservation and protection of 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 NSW.

The park also protects Mutawintji Historic Site, containing one of the best collections of Australian Aboriginal Rock Art.

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Mutawintji Dome
Mutawintji & River Red Gums
Mutawintji & exposed rock
Mutawintji & eagle nest in Flindersia tree

Mutawintji & Pleuroxia hinsbyi
Petroglyph
Tawny Dragon, Ctenophorus decresii at Mutawintji
Petroglyph of a Brolga

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Mutawintji National Park

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