Indigenous Communities

and the Environment

Wattleridge New South Wales

Declared Indigenous Protected Areas in New South Wales

 

Toogimbie Indigenous Protected Area

Situated north of the famous Hay Plain, Toogimbie includes flat former pasture lands contrasting with eucalypt-lined creeks and waterways, and a nearby floodplain. The traditional life of the Nari Nari people revolved around Toogimbie's wetlands, which are home to totem animals and traditional medicines.

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Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area

Situated about 35 kilometres north-east of the New England township of Guyram Wattleridge covers nearly six and a half square kilometres of botanically diverse bushland growing on outcropping granite country. Bounded by the Sara River flowing to the north, the land’s rocky ridges and rolling landscape are separated by forested valley flats, picturesque creeks and tumbling waterfalls.

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