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:

SUNSET

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

Not recorded

Size [1]

253000 ha (nominated)
225300 ha (identified)

TENURE

National Park[2] 253000 ha
Nature Reserve 0 ha
State Forest 0 ha
Vacant Crown Land 0 ha
Leasehold Land 0 ha
Freehold Land 0 ha
Aboriginal Land 0 ha

Wilderness Declared

201300 ha

Wilderness Not Declared

51700 ha

DESCRIPTION

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS

FERAL ANIMALS
Grazing by rabbits is a problem in parts of the area. he advent of myxomatosis
about 40 years ago, reduced rabbit numbers somewhat. The irregular dunefields
support relatively few rabbits, while the northern section supports low to
moderate numbers. Rabbit populations in woodland and grassland communities are
frequently high and their grazing pressure, combined with the grazing of
domestic stock in such areas, can lead to substantial degradation of the
vegetation.
Feral goats are widespread and relatively common throughout. They may exert
heavy localised browsing pressure. They are dependent on access to water in
summer and the provision of water for licensed stock grazing has enabled them to
persist and even increase in numbers in areas remote from agricultural land. [3]

CONTACTS

No contacts are recorded from that area.
ENDNOTES
1
This area comes from The Wilderness Society, 1990, "Wilderness Special
Investigation Descriptive Report, Submission to the Land Conservation Council".

2
The entire area is within Murray Sunset National Park.

3
LCC, Descriptive Report, p 130.

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