Southern Brown Bandicoot

Posted at 29 May 2026 at 14:28h in News, Citizen Science, Community Biodiversity Events, NGT Education, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Threatened Species Conservation by
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Have you ever seen a digging that looks like this? Well, you might have just come across a Southern Brown Bandicoot! We are in the midst of a digging bonanza as we endeavor to re-survey 360+ sites for the presence of bandicoots in bushland areas...

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:10h in Bushcare, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Wetland Restoration by
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Threatened Species projects form a large part of what NGT does; helping native fish, rare birds, reptiles, small mammals, bats, marine creatures, frogs or insects. We try to do it all, but we rely on the support of volunteers, community groups, businesses, local, state and...

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:09h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Fish conservation, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, OBP Recovery, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Threatened mainland fauna, Threatened Orchids, Volunteer, Wetland Restoration by
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National Threatened Species Day is celebrated annually on the 7th September to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in Hobart in 1936. Although the origin of National Threatened Species Day is sad and gloomy, it is a good time to reflect on...

Posted at 25 Mar 2018 at 20:14h in 20 Million Trees, Community Nursery Project, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Wetland Restoration by
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The dry summer and autumn might be contributing to the lowering of the water level at Mt Burr Swamp, but the aquatic life on the swamp is still thriving, with dragonflies and damselflies maintaining good numbers and diversity. A variety of waterfowl are also still hanging around...

Posted at 29 Oct 2017 at 09:52h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot by
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The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) is a medium-sized, ground dwelling marsupial mammal, which was once common in south-eastern Australia. As a result of the cumulative impacts of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, altered fire regimes, and introduced predators, the species is listed as Endangered nationally. However,...

Posted at 23 Jun 2017 at 00:36h in ForestrySA Schools Program, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot by
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Well it was this time last year (in 2016) that we reported on how the third 'once in a decade' digging abundance survey for the Southern Brown Bandicoot was back underway. Through the Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project, NGT ended up completing the survey in 2016...

Posted at 23 Jun 2017 at 00:26h in ForestrySA Schools Program, Heath Mouse, News, Southern Brown Bandicoot by
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Students from Millicent High School and Newbery Park Primary School have started to transform the Honan to Woolwash wildlife corridor into what might one day become a 'bandicoot highway'! [caption id="attachment_27827" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Millicent High School students listening to planting instructions[/caption] The ForestrySA Biodiversity Corridor School Program’s aim...