Ediegarrup is a 1,067-hectare former farming property on Goreng Noongar Country in the Fitz-Stirling region of Western Australia, an area between the Stirling Range and Fitzgerald River National Parks, approximately 350 km southeast of Perth. It contains approximately 300 hectares of remnant habitat suitable for Malleefowl, Tammar and Black-gloved Wallabies, and the nationally threatened Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo. The property is situated within a global biodiversity hotspot with exceptionally high floristic diversity, but has also become heavily fragmented since widespread land clearing began in the 1960s. Bush Heritage has been working in the Fitz-Stirling region since 2003 and is contributing to the delivery of the Gondwana Link partnership vision – to connect a 1,000 km corridor between the forests of the southwest capes across the south coast and up into the Great Western Woodlands of the Goldfields.

The acquisition of Ediegarrup, Bush Heritage’s sixth reserve in the region, is part of our local vision to create ‘conservation corridors’ that connect large remnant bushland areas such as Red Moort Reserve, nearby Corackerup Creek and partner conservation property Chingarrup Sanctuary. Ediegarrup Reserve forms part of Bush Heritage’s just over 7,000 hectares total reserve network managed locally and will protect native vegetation, cultural heritage and provide habitat for animals in the Fitz-Stirling.

The Ediegarrup Biodiverse Restoration Project has been funded through a Greening Australia partnership as part of AstraZeneca’s global AZ Forest initiative supported by One Tree Planted.