Deua National Park

Deua National Park New South Wales
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Rainforest of Deua National Park
Deua National Park
Coordinates	35°58′27″S 149°43′15″E / 35.97417°S 149.72083°E / -35.97417; 149.72083Coordinates: 35°58′27″S 149°43′15″E / 35.97417°S 149.72083°E / -35.97417; 149.72083
Established	1979
Area	1,220 km² (471.0 sq mi)
Managing authorities	National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
Website	Deua National Park
See also	Protected areas of New South Wales

Deua is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, 320 kilometres (200 mi) south of Sydney, and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Canberra. The nearest towns on the coast are Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma.

A remote wilderness area of escarpments and gullies, waterfalls, limestone caves, pockets of pinkwood rainforest and outstanding eucalyptus scenery. Deua is an important refuge for plant and animal species, many listed as threatened.

This park is traditionally associated with Aboriginal people.^[1]

Flora[]

Common eucalyptus species include black ash, monkey gum, messmate and white ash. More rare species include the Jilliga ash and Mongamulla mallee. High altitude rainforests occur in gullies protected from fire. They are dominated by the pinkwood, hard water fern and soft tree fern. Other habitats include swamps, bogs, riverside forest, and rocky scrub.^[2]

Fauna[]

Over 106 species of birds and 62 types of mammals have been recorded in Deua National Park. Particularly noteworthy is the high diversity of birds of prey, including the peregrine falcon and powerful owl. The caves provide maternity sites for a large variety of bats.

Gallery[]

Black ash in mountain mist, Deua National Park
Jilliga ash, Deua National Park
summit of Big Badja Hill, Deua National Park
Moist eucalyptus forest, Deua National Park
view from Hanging Mountain, Deua National Park

References[]

^ "Deua National Park | Learn more". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ National Parks & Wildlife Service - information pamphlet November 2008

v t National parks of New South Wales, Australia
Central West, North West Slopes, Riverina, and South West Slopes	Abercrombie River Cocoparra Conimbla Coolah Tops Garrawilla Goobang Goulburn River Mount Kaputar Murrumbidgee Valley Murray Valley Nangar Oolambeyan Turon Warrumbungle Weddin Mountains Yarrobil
Hunter and Mid North Coast	Bago Bluff Barakee Barrington Tops Bellinger River Ben Halls Gap Bindarri Biriwal Bulga Bongil Bongil Booti Booti Cascade Coorabakh Crowdy Bay Dooragan Dorrigo Dunggir Ghin-Doo-Ee Hat Head Junuy Juluum Kumbatine Limeburners Maria Middle Brother Mount Royal Myall Lakes Nymboi-Binderay Sea Acres Tapin Tops Tomaree Towarri Ulidarra Wallingat Watagans Willi Willi Woko Yarriabini
New England Tablelands	Bald Rock Barool Basket Swamp Boonoo Boonoo Butterleaf Capoompeta Carrai Cathedral Rock Chaelundi Cottan-Bimbang Cunnawarra Gibraltar Range Guy Fawkes River Indwarra Kings Plains Kwiambal Mummel Gulf New England Nowendoc Nymboida Oxley Wild Rivers Single Warra Warrabah Washpool Werrikimbe
Northern Rivers	Arakwal Border Ranges Broadwater Bundjalung Bungawalbin Fortis Creek Goonengerry Koreelah Mallanganee Maryland Mebbin Mooball Mount Clunie Mount Jerusalem Mount Nothofagus Mount Pikapene Nightcap Ramornie Richmond Range Tooloom Toonumbar Wollumbin Yabbra Yuraygir
Far West NSW	Culgoa Gundabooka Kinchega Mallee Cliffs Mungo Mutawintji Paroo-Darling Sturt Toorale Willandra Yanga
South Coast and Highlands	Bangadilly Ben Boyd Biamanga Bimberamala Bournda Brindabella Budawang Budderoo Clyde River Conjola Deua Eurobodalla Gulaga Jervis Bay Kosciuszko Livingstone Macquarie Pass Meroo Mimosa Rocks Monga Morton Mount Imlay Murramarang Seven Mile Beach South East Forests Tallaganda Tarlo River Wadbilliga Woomargama
Sydney and surrounds	Berowra Valley Blue Mountains Bouddi Brisbane Water Cattai Dharug Dharawal Gardens of Stone Garigal Georges River Heathcote Kamay Botany Bay Kanangra-Boyd Ku-ring-gai Chase Lane Cove Marramarra Nattai Popran Royal Scheyville Sydney Harbour Thirlmere Lakes Werakata Wollemi Wyrrabalong Yellomundee Yengo
Protected areas of New South Wales

v t The Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Local government areas	Goulburn-Mulwaree Hilltops Queanbeyan-Palerang Upper Lachlan Yass Valley
Cities	Goulburn Queanbeyan
Main towns	Boorowa Braidwood Bungendore Crookwell Gunning Marulan Murrumbateman Yass
Villages and small towns	Araluen Bannaby Bevendale Bigga Binalong Binda Bookham Bowning Breadalbane Bungonia Burra Burrinjuck Bywong Captains Flat Carwoola Collector Crestwood Cullerin Dalton Environa Frogmore Googong Greenleigh Gundaroo Hoskinstown Laggan Lake Bathurst Majors Creek Mongarlowe Nerriga Reids Flat Royalla Rugby Rye Park Sutton Tallong Tarago Taralga The Ridgeway Tirrannaville Towrang Tralee Tuena Wamboin Wee Jasper Windellama Woolgarlo
Rivers and other waterbodies	Araluen Back Lake Bathurst Bettowynd Bimberamala Deua Lake George Jerrabattgulla Mulwaree Shoalhaven Wollondilly Yadboro
Mountains and ranges	Budawang Range Clyde Mountain Pigeon House Mountain
National parks	Budawang Deua Monga Morton Tallaganda

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Flora[]

Fauna[]

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]