Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre

Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre is Victorias largest feral predator free ecosystem. At 453 ha the site protects a large number of threatened species. The site contains native carnivorous marsupials such as Eastern and Spotted Tail Quolls, critically endangered Southern Brush Tail Rock Wallabies and the mainlands largest population of the now extinct (outside of our fences) Eastern Barred Bandicoots. Mt Rothwell is located in Victoria Australia, near the You Yangs in the town of Little River.[1]

History

Little River Earth Sanctuary (1185 ha) was owned by Earth Sanctuaries, a publicly listed company with conservation as its core role.[2] and opened to the public on 7 September 2002.[3]

Earth Sanctuaries purchased the property from the Chirnsides in March 2000, due to the presence of a 170-hectare remnant of old-growth grassy woodland.[3] 21 kilometres of feral-animal proof fencing was constructed, to protect the Long-nosed Potoroos, Southern Brown Bandicoots, Rufous Bettongs, Red-bellied Pademelons, Eastern Quolls and Brush-tailed Phascogales have been introduced back to their former habitat.[3]

The sanctuary has since undergone a change of ownership and management and is known as the Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre.[4][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Us". Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ↑ ABC.net.au - Landline: Wamsley walks away from Earth Sanctuaries - 27 March 2005
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Little River Earth Sanctuary Story
  4. ↑ Everist, Richard (25 May 2009). The Complete Guide to the Great Ocean Road: Walks, Beaches, Heritage, Ecology, Towns and Sustainable Tourism Through Southwest Victoria. BestShot. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-0-9756023-4-8. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

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Coordinates: 37°53′22″S 144°26′25″E / 37.88944°S 144.44028°E