Livingstone-Nationalpark

The Livingstone National Park is a national park in the south of the Australian state of New South Wales, 30 kilometers south of Wagga Wagga and ten miles east of the small town in the Riverina Mangoplah.

Originally, the present National Park was in 1915 declared a State Forest because of it contains wood, which should be preserved for the city of Junee. From the railway line from Mangoplah by Westby, a branch for transporting timber was placed in the vicinity of the state forest, but later dismantled. A report by the Forestry Commission of New South Wales was mentioned that this forest was the only one of its kind, and later they found out that there is also a colony of Squirrel Glider ( Petaurus norfolcensis ) was in the forest, of whom only two in the southern New South Wales existed. They also found three species of orchids and over 100 native bird species.

1976 called for the Wagga Wildlife and Conservation Society, that the State forest would be reclassified as a vulnerable area in a national park, but was not successful. In January 2001, the state forest with 1919 hectares was declared a National Park.

The National Park has four types of vegetation, such as grass trees, Mallee (Eucalyptus dissita ), kangaroo grass ( Themada Trianda ) and open forest.