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Media Releases & News Items
April 16, 2009 - Warrambungle Update 1
Welcome to the first update of Australia’s largest ever release of captive bred brush-tailed rock wallabies!
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April 9, 2009 - LOCAL FIGHT TO SAVE THE BRUSH-TAILED ROCK-WALLABY TAKES TO THE SKY
On Tuesday a group of 23 endangered brush-tailed rock-wallabies (including eight with pouch young), were airlifted by helicopter from Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary at Kulnura on the NSW Central Coast to be released on a mountain summit in the Warrumbungle National Park in the States mid-west.
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February 3, 2009 - First Captive Bred Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies Released to Save Species from Extinction
2 captive bred Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies born and raised at the Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary were yesterday released into the Shoalhaven river region south of Sydney as part of an intensive recovery effort to help save a colony of the endangered species from extinction.
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December 5, 2008 - NSW Govt Announces $98,000 For Brush-tailed Rock-Wallaby Conservation
Endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby populations will benefit from a $98,570 NSW Government grant, Deputy Premier and Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Carmel Tebbutt said today.
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Rock-wallaby makes Jump Back from Extinction
Central Coast based conservation organisation Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary are celebrating an historic achievement in the recovery of the critically endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby species after participating in the first wild release of captive bred animals into the Grampians National Park last Wednesday.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Australia’s Threatened Species Crisis
Central Coast based Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary are celebrating the success of their captive breeding conservation program for the endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby as part of the nationally recognised Threatened Species Week.
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Victorian Brush-tail Rock-wallaby Joey Undergoes Successful Cross Foster Procedure at Adelaide Zoo
On Monday 9 June Waterfall Springs staff Celia Thomson and Karen O'Mara transported the Sanctuary's second born female Victorian Brush-tail Rock-wallaby (VIC BTRW) joey from Waterfall Springs to Adelaide Zoo where it was successfully transferred into the pouch of a surrogate Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (YFRW) mother.
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Funding boost eases cost of saving endangered wallabies.
Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary on the NSW Central Coast has been recognised for its contribution to protecting Australian wildlife with the announcement of a $2,300 funding boost from the Australian Government’s Grants for Voluntary Environmental and Heritage Organisations program (GVEHO).
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Rare Wallaby Joey’s Journey to Save Species
Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary on the NSW Central Coast. is today celebrating a major milestone in its quest to help save the critically endangered southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby with the transfer of its first captive born southern type joey toTidbinbilla Nature Reserve in the ACT.
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Toronga Zoo Partnership
Taronga Zoo receives rare and endangered Rock-wallabies from Waterfall Springs Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Envirofund Announcement
Rescue Funding for Rare Wallabies
Central Coast based Waterfall Springs Conservation Association (WSCA) has received a major funding boost from the Australian Government Envirofund securing $41,300 in funding for its innovative breeding program for rare and endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies.
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A Milestone in the Recovery of the Victorian Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Waterfall Springs achieves a milestone in the recovery of the VIC Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby species.
Waterfall Springs is delighted to report on our latest achievement with the Victorian or ‘southern form’ Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby breeding program.
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2004 Community Conservation Award Winner
The Wildlife Preservation Society is pleased to announce that its Community Wildlife Conservation Award for 2004 has been awarded to Waterfall Springs Conservation Association Incorporated of Kulnurra near Gosford, NSW.
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