Sturt National Park
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The Sturt National Park is a protected national park that is located in the arid far north-western corner of New South Wales, in eastern Australia.
The 325,329-hectare （803,910-acre） national park is situated approximately 1,060 kilometres （660 mi） northwest of Sydney and the nearest town is Tibooburra, 6 kilometres （3.7 mi） away.
Established in 1972, the park is named in honour of Charles Sturt, a colonial explorer.
The park features typical outback scenery of flat, reddish-brown landscapes.
It was resumed from five pastoral properties.
The Sturt National Park was featured in British documentary called Planet Earth.
The Dingo Fence was built along the national park's northern boundary.
Flora consists mostly of mulga bushland and arid shrubland, particularly Saltbush.
After good rain the harsh landscape is transformed by the growth of wildflowers including Sturt's desert pea.
At least 31 species of mammal have been recorded in the park.
The most obvious to visitors include the red kangaroo, western grey kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and Euro.
Other terrestrial mammals found at Sturt NP also include the dingo, stripe-faced dunnart, paucident planigale, narrow-nosed planigale, dusky hopping mouse and desert mouse.
Nine species of bat have also been recorded in the park, including the eastern long-eared bat, little broad-nosed bat, yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat, inland forest bat and little pied bat.
Several introduced pest species occur, including the European fox, European rabbit, feral cat, feral goat and feral pig.
Several mammal species that previously occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans are also being reintroduced into the park.
These include the Crest-tailed Mulgara, Greater Bilby, Western...