The first successful efforts at conserving the species were initiated by the establishment of Brisbane's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and Sydney's Koala Park Sanctuary in the 1920s and 1930s.
Os primeiros esforzos exitosos para a conservación da especie iniciáronse co restablecemento do santuario Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary en Brisbane e do Koala Park Sanctuary de Sydney nos anos 1920 e 1930.