This document is the pest management strategy for the Far West Region, which covers parks and reserves spread over more than one-third of NSW. It borders Queensland, South Australia and Victoria and includes the towns of Walgett in the north, Bourke and Broken Hill in the west and Balranald in the south.
Mungo National Park lies on the site of two old pastoral stations, Mungo and Zanci pastoral stations, in the far southwest of NSW. This report assesses the significance of this pastoral history and historic heritage within Mungo National Park.
Mungo National Park is situated in south-western NSW in an area known as the Willandra Lakes region. It is 110 kilometres north-east of the Victorian/New South Wales border towns of Mildura/Wentworth and 140 kilometres north-west of the New South Wales town of Balranald. The park covers an area of 90,256 hectares, of which approximately 60,000 hectares falls within the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area.