Mallee Cliffs National Park
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Malleefowl Malleefowl mound Western blue-tongue lizard The Mallee Cliffs National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Sunraysia region, in the south-west of New South Wales, Australia.
The 57,969-hectare （143,240-acre） national park is situated approximately 790 kilometres （490 mi） west of Sydney and 30 kilometres （19 mi） east of the Murray River city of Mildura, Victoria.
The park was established in 1977, when the entire property was purchased by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
The Mallee Cliffs National Park is managed to protect the sand plain and sand dune land systems and ecological communities known colloquially as Mallee Country.
Emphasis is placed on its value as a wildlife conservation area and it was established primarily to protect the habitat of the malleefowl.
The park is closed to the public as part of an ongoing policy to protect malleefowl and other threatened animals, and to assist in meeting other conservation objectives.
Access is limited to educational activities by schools and colleges, and research activities which are relevant to the management of the park and compatible with conservation policies.
The Mallee Cliffs National Park preserves the original clay red plains of south west New South Wales, protecting extensive areas of flat to undulating sandy red plains and linear sand dunes formed during arid periods from 350,000 to 500,000 years ago.
The park preserves undisturbed tracts of mallee vegetation, and rosewood-belah woodland.
Mallee are small eucalyptus trees and shrubs with many small stems and thick underground roots that retain water.
Before irrigation farming began, dense thickets of mallee characterized ...