NATIONAL WILDERNESS RED INDEX

Published by the Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. 30/09/94
Level 2, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000.
Ph (02) 9261 2400; Fax (02) 9261 2144.

Name:

DAVENPORT RANGES

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

Not recorded

Size
For size and tenure information contact the Colong Foundation.

DESCRIPTION

This is a region of strongly folded and faulted sediments, wit inter-bedded
volcanics. Many of the streams drain towards the Frew River, to the north-east.
Waterholes, some of which are permanent, abound in the area.
[1]

Vegetation consists of Acacia open woodland dominated by species such as
Eucalyptus leucopholia and mulga (Acacia aneura) with a grass laer of spinifex
(Triodia spp.) River red gum (E. camaldulensis) and Melaleuca spp. dominated
vegetation along stream lines. [2]

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS

CONTACTS

No contacts are recorded from that area.
ENDNOTES
1
Prineas, P., Lembit, R., Fisher, N., 1986, "Australia's Wilderness An
Inventory".

2
Prineas, 1986.

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