Eastern bettongs released into the wild as part of renewed ecological restoration

Eight eastern bettongs were released into the Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary. Picture by Karleen Minney

Eight eastern bettongs have been released into Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary expansion area as part of an ecological restoration project.

For more than a 100 years, eastern bettongs, also known as Ngaluda in the Ngunnawal language, have been extinct outside of Tasmania.