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Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, ACT. VAST-2: Tracking the Transformation of Australia's Vegetated Landscapes

Created 10/01/2026

Updated 04/03/2026

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The aim of this project is to compile land use and management practices and their observed and measured impacts and effects on vegetation condition. The results provide land managers and researchers with a tool for reporting and monitoring spatial and temporal transformations of Australia’s native vegetated landscapes due to changes in land use and management practices. Following are the details about Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve.

Pre-European benchmark-analogue vegetation: the site was originally woodlands on the deeper soils of the lower slopes and flats (Eucalyptus blakelyi and Eucalyptus melliodora) (McIntyre et al. 2010).

Brief chronology of changes in land use and management:

  • 1819: Area managed by indigenous Ngunnawal people
  • 1826: Sheep grazing with shepherds commenced
  • 1860: Fences constructed - continuous stocking with sheep commenced
  • 1920: Fallen timber collected for firewood started
  • 1994: Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve established
  • 1995: Continuous stocking with sheep grazing ceased
  • 1995: Collection of firewood ceased
  • 1996: Kangaroo population begins to rapidly increase
  • 2006: Predator proof fence completed
  • 2008: Commenced annual removal of pest species of plants and animals
  • 2010: Commenced annual kangaroo cull.

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Title Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, ACT. VAST-2: Tracking the Transformation of Australia's Vegetated Landscapes
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f6cc1f3f-bfb3-408b-b08e-49bdbcc27e14
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
esupport@tern.org.au
Reference Period 01/01/1819 - 31/12/2010
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, ACT. VAST-2: Tracking the Transformation of Australia's Vegetated Landscapes". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mulligans-flat-nature-reserve-act-vast-2-tracking-the-transformation-of-australias-vegetated-la