The Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby is limited to just two populations in the wild in Victoria: a reintroduced population in the Grampians and a remnant population in Little River Gorge, Snowy River National Park.
Under threat from predation, fire and genetic decline, it has taken decades of work to bring this species back from the brink.
The Spot-tailed Quoll was once present across most of Victoria but its range has contracted dramatically over recent decades to a last stronghold in the remote upper Snowy River area, near the New South Wales border. Recovery efforts including monitoring and genetic analysis are underway to conserve this elusive marsupial predator.
Field ecologists from Wildlife Unlimited have been working on the recovery projects in some of the most rugged and remote areas of East Gippsland including backpacking captive-bred rock-wallabies into Little River Gorge, and traipsing to distant rocky outcrops in search of quolls.
It’s a fascinating and exciting story and the good news is field ecologists will share their experiences from recent efforts to conserve these two very rare and threatened species at the next meeting of the Bairnsdale and District Field Naturalists Club.
In recent times, Wildlife Unlimited became a partner of Biodiversity Legacy, a philanthropic organisation, and the ecologists will also present an update on how philanthropy and partnerships are supporting threatened fauna projects.
The Bairnsdale and District Field Naturalists Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 1.30pm in Room 13, The Hub, Dalmahoy St, Bairnsdale.
The public is welcome to head along and learn about Gippsland’s rare native fauna and enjoy a chat and a cuppa following the meeting.
