Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii Australia’s largest freshwater fish found throughout the Murray–Darling river system. Adults can live up to 50-60 years. Once Nardoo abundant, their numbers have steeply declined. Marsilea drummondii A type of fern that grows in shallow ephemeral wetlands mainly in the north- western part of the Basin. The brown spore capsules have long been collected by Tiger Orchid Aboriginal people to be ground up and made Cymbidium canaliculatum Barking Owl into damper. Grows on eucalyptus Ninox connivens and cypress pine trees, Superb Fairywren often along creeks and Occurs throughout the Murray–Darling Malurus cyaneus sandy areas, in the Basin, but is not common. Pairs maintain A familiar bird in gardens in the southern and eastern northern part of the specific territories and prey on birds, small parts of the Basin. Adult males have blue plumage and mammals, and insects. Bogong Moth Basin. Displays of females and immature males are brown. Agrotis infusa fragrant flowers are produced Each year, millions of moths in October and migrate from north-western November. NSW and southern Queensland Quandong to aestivate (‘hibernate’ in Santalum acuminatum Regent Parrot summer) in the Australian A favourite native fruit from Polytelis anthopeplus Alps. In the past, Aboriginal the semi-arid parts of the people congregated in In addition to Western Australia, this parrot Basin that can be eaten the mountains in summer is found in a small area in the south-west of the fresh, stewed or dried. to feast on the protein- Murray–Darling Basin, centred on the River Murray rich moths. around the South Australian border. The preservation of habitat in the region is essential for its survival.

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nch Rylstone population of this species. bra SOUTH na Ivanhoe A g r in ive Condobolin rl R a Willandra lan D Creek ch t La AUSTRALIA a e Lake Cargelligo Parkes r Portland G Lake Cargelligo Forbes Orange Pooncarie Cullen Bullen Lake Brewster er Ungarie iv Hillston Bathurst R ng Lake Cowal Carcoar Lake Sydney Burra rli Oberon Da Grenfell Cowra Booligal Goolgowi Murray B Morgan er la iv n R Lake Victoria West Wyalong d Lake Wyangala Wentworth C r e e Mildura Griffith k Barmera Renmark Mur rumbidg Blanchetown ee River Hanwood Young Loxton Robinvale Crookwell Boorowa Swan Reach Hay Leeton Cootamundra Rive r Mu Adelaide Mannum Hattah Hattah Lakes rray Balranald Narrandera Yass Murray Bridge Moulamein Wagga Wagga Dead Horse Creek near Kosciuszko: the Australian Alps Niem Gundagai Lake Karoonda Ouyen ur Lake Tooleybuc Riv Lockhart George are one of many distinct bioregions within the Basin. Lake Pinnaroo er Burrinjuck Edw B Tumut Alexandrina ar illabong Creek d R Canberra W iv T Swan Hill e u Clayton Tailem Bend Murrayville ak r Blowering ool R Jerilderie m Goolwa iver Deniliquin u Reservoir Henty t AUSTRALIAN

R T Finley i Murray Mouth upp v Meningie Hopetoun Barham al Cr e CAPITAL Corroboree Frog eek r Lake Albert Tumbarumba The Coorong Lake Albacutya Talbingo TERRITORY Pseudophryne corroboree Sea Lake Tocumwal Reservoir Kerang Lake Mulwala River Murray Cabramurra This tiny, spectacular frog is one Bro Lake Hindmarsh Kow Swamp ken Go Cre ulbur ek Corowa Lake Hume Adaminaby of Australia’s most endangered

L n Echuca Ri Khancoban o v Lake Buloke er Albury– Nhill d d M Cooma species. It is found in sphagnum o Wangaratta O Wodonga it Donald r n ve ta e A Shepparton n M v R s K i i vo r R tta moss bogs in a small region of R iv e iv i R ca e v B e e iv n r i ro r w er o R R ke s i n Lake Mokoan a the Australian Alps. Horsham Avo v d n R er e R R r iv p iv a er e Benalla i Lake Dartmouth Bendigo s Waranga Basin r v h a e c i p r R Wandiligong m Wimme Cairn a Lake Nillahcootie ra Curran C Riv Lake er Reservoir Eppalock Seymour Omeo Maryborough Goulbur Mansfield n Ri Halls Gap Tullaroop ver Lake Eildon Reservoir Platypus VICTORIA Ornithorhynchus anatinus Melbourne Commonly lives in the rivers, streams and lakes of eastern Australia and is The Coorong, a protected area most active at dawn and dusk. Males of wetlands where the Murray have poisonous spurs on the inside of River meets the sea, features a each ankle of the hind feet. unique diversity of habitats for plants and animals.

Australian Pelican Gippsland Water Dragon Pelicanus conspicillatus Physignathus lesuerii howittii Pilliga Mouse One of Australia’s best-known and easily Confined to eastern Victoria and Pseudomys pilligaensis recognised birds. Grows to a length of far south-eastern New South Wales. 188cm and has a wing-span of 250cm. An elusive native mouse first The Barmah–Millewa Forest includes 66,000 ha of Male adults become brightly They are found in all parts of Australia. identified in 1975 in the Pilliga internationally significant wetlands. It is a hotspot of native coloured during the summer forests of northern New South Wales. The Murray–Darling Basin plants, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. breeding season. supports a unique Australian habitat, critical to more than Golden Perch Swamp Yabby Squirrel Glider 120 waterbird species, 46 native Macquaria ambigua Cherax destructor Petaurus norfolcensis fish species, and 16 internationally- recognised and protected wetlands. Known as Yellowbelly in New In 1991, a number Membranes extending South Wales and Queensland of unusual yabbies from the fifth finger to and Callop in South Australia, with broad spanner- the ankle enable this the Golden Perch is the most like claws were caught marsupial to glide from popular native angling fish in in the Barmah–Millewa tree to tree. Squirrel the Murray–Darling Basin. It is forests near Echuca. Gliders are mainly a highly migratory fish whose Genetic testing found in the forests on movement has been restricted revealed them to the inland slopes of the by weirs and other barriers. be a new species. Great Dividing Range.