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.
The Mutawintji Lands consist of Mutawintji National Park (68,912 hectares), the Mutawintji Historic Site (486 hectares) and the Mutawintji Nature Reserve (6,688 hectares), known as the “Mutawintji Lands”, or the “Lands” and is located 130 kilometres north-east of Broken Hill in far western New South Wales.
This Aboriginal ownership and leaseback agreement, between the Wiimpatja people and the Office of Environment and Heritage, was the first agreement formed between Aboriginal people and the Office.
Aboriginal ownership and leaseback agreementMutawintji National Park