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National Estate  Identification and Assessment in the West Region of Victoria January 2000 Prepared by officials to support the West Regional Forest Agreement Process ii Published by the joint Commonwealth and Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) Steering Committee  Commonwealth of Australia 2000 The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Commonwealth of Australia or Victoria The Commonwealth and Victoria not accept responsibility for any advice or information in relation to this material Copies are available from: Environment Australia John Gorton Building King Edward Terrace Parkes ACT 2600 Phone (02) 6274 1111 or Natural Resources and Environment Nicholson Street East Melbourne Vic 3002 Phone (03) 9637 8080 Copies will also be available through the Environment Resources Information Network on its World Wide Web Server Contact http: //www.rfa.gov.au For further information about this report contact the Commonwealth Forests Taskforce Phone (02) 6271 5128 This work is copyright It may be produced in whole or in part for study or training purposes subject to the inclusion of acknowledgment of the source and no commercial usage or sale Reproduction for purposes other than those listed above requires written permission of the Commonwealth and Victorian RFA Steering Committee Requests should be addressed to: Commonwealth and Victorian RFA Steering Committee C/- Commonwealth Forests Taskforce Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 3-5 National Circuit Barton Act 2600 Phone: (02) 6271 5182 ISBN No: 642 54664 iii Foreword This report provides information on the results of the assessment of national estate values related to forest environments The information contributed to the comprehensive regional assessment of the West Region of Victoria Places with national estate value are components of the natural or cultural environment that have aesthetic, historic, scientific or social significance, or other special value for future generations as well as the present community The comprehensive regional assessment of the West Region has examined environment and heritage, and social and economic values Information on the range of these values with the exception of national estate values, is contained in the two volumes of the West Victoria Comprehensive Regional Assessment Report, published in July and October 1999 The information gathered in the comprehensive regional assessment projects including the national estate studies will be used in the development of a Regional Forest Agreement for West Victoria Further information on the approaches to the development of the Regional Forest Agreement will be provided in the public consultation paper West Regional Forest Agreement Consultation Paper, to be published soon iv Contents FOREWORD III CONTENTS V SUMMARY CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 The National Estate The National Estate Assessment CHAPTER 2: NATIONAL ESTATE CULTURAL VALUES 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 Themes of human history 2.1.2 Assessment criteria for cultural values 2.1.3 Community consultation 2.2 Aboriginal Heritage Values 2.2.1 Background 2.2.2 Aboriginal heritage values - the approach 2.2.3 The ongoing program for Aboriginal heritage 2.3 Social Value Assessment 2.3.1 Data sources 2.3.2 Methodology 2.3.3 Results 2.4 Aesthetic Value Assessment 2.4.1 Data sources 2.4.2 Methodology 2.4.3 Results 2.5 Historic Value Assessment 2.5.1 Data sources and data audit 2.5.2 Historic places research 2.5.3 Methodology 2.5.4 Results CHAPTER 3: NATIONAL ESTATE NATURAL VALUES 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Assessment criteria for natural values 3.1.2 Major biophysical characteristics of the Region 3.2 Extensive Natural Values 3.2.1 Natural Landscapes 3.2.2 Undisturbed Catchments 3.2.3 Wilderness 3.2.4 Old-growth forest 3.3 Flora 3.3.1 Endemic flora 3.3.2 Flora at the limit of their range 3.3.3 Flora with disjunct distributions 3.3.4 Relictual Ecological Vegetation Classes 3.3.5 Phylogenetically significant flora 3.3.6 Refugia from climate change v 7 13 13 14 14 15 17 18 18 19 21 23 23 23 25 26 26 27 28 30 31 31 31 32 33 34 36 36 37 38 39 40 41 41 42 44 3.3.7 Contemporary flora refugia 3.3.8 Successional stages 3.3.9 Remnant vegetation 3.3.10 Modelled flora richness 3.3.11 Rare or threatened flora 3.3.12 Rare Ecological Vegetation Classes 3.3.13 Rare old-growth forest 3.3.14 Principal characteristics of Ecological Vegetation Classes 3.4 Fauna 3.4.1 Data sources 3.4.2 Endemic fauna 3.4.3 Fauna at the limit of their range 3.4.4 Fauna with disjunct distributions 3.4.5 Refuges from climate change 3.4.6 Relict primitive (Gondwanic) fauna 3.4.7 Key fauna habitats 3.4.8 Contemporary fauna refuges 3.4.9 Fauna species richness 3.4.10 Rare or threatened fauna 3.5 Other Natural Values 3.5.1 Geological and geomorphological values 3.5.2 Natural history sites CHAPTER 4: NATIONAL ESTATE OUTCOMES 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 National Estate Outcomes: Cultural Values Future Research: Cultural Values National Estate Outcomes: Natural Values Future Research: Natural Values Management of National Estate Values 44 46 48 49 49 50 50 51 52 52 53 54 55 57 57 58 62 62 63 64 64 65 69 69 69 70 71 72 REFERENCES 73 GLOSSARY 77 Acronyms Definitions 77 78 APPENDICES 85 Appendix A: The Australian Heritage Commission Criteria for the Register of the National Estate 85 Appendix B: Forest Places in the Register of the National Estate 87 Appendix C: Consultancy Reports Commissioned 90 Appendix D: Consultation with Aboriginal People 91 Appendix E: Organisations Invited to Participate in the Community Heritage Workshops 94 Appendix F: Participants in the Community Heritage Workshops 98 Appendix G: Participants in the Forest Critics Workshops 102 Appendix H: Indicative National Estate Places of Social Value 103 Appendix I: Indicative National Estate Places of Aesthetic Value 104 Appendix J: Indicative National Estate Places of Historic Value 105 Appendix K: Flora Species Occurring in the West RFA Region with A1 and B1 Values 107 Appendix L: Fauna Species Occurring in the West RFA Region and Showing those with A1 and B1 Values 119 Appendix M Metadata Reference 130 vi TABLES Table 2.1: Table 3.1: Table 3.2: Table 3.3: Table 3.4: Table 3.5: Table 3.6: Table 3.7: Table 3.8: Table 3.9: Table 3.10: Table 3.11: Table 3.12: Table 3.13: Table 3.14: Thresholds for National Estate Social Value Significance Biophysical naturalness code decision rules Indicative natural landscape areas Phylogenetically significant flora EVCs identified as refugia from long term climate change Refuges from frequent fire and drought Patterns of primary and secondary succession in the West Fauna taxa exhibiting endemism Fauna taxa at a limit of their biogeographic range Fauna taxa with disjunct populations Wetlands of national and international importance Significant waterbird breeding sites Precision codes used in defining type localities Criteria for identifying research, teaching and reference/benchmark sites Reference Areas in the West MAPS Map Registered and Interim Listed National Estate Places Map Social Value Map Aesthetic Value Map Historic Value Map Natural Landscapes Map Wilderness Quality Map Old-growth Forest Map Endemic Flora Map Limit of Range Flora Map 10 Disjunct Flora Populations Map 11 Relictual Ecological Vegetation Classes Map 12 Phylogenetically Significant Flora Map 13 Refugia from Climatic Change Map 14 Contemporary Flora Refugia Map 15 Remnant Vegetation Map 16 Areas of High Modelled Flora Species Richness Map 17 Rare Flora Map 18 Rare Old-growth Forest Map 19 Areas Demonstrating Principal Characteristics of EVCs Map 20 Endemic Fauna Map 21 Limit of Range Fauna Map 22 Disjunct Fauna Populations Map 23 Key Fauna Habitats Map 24 Rare Fauna Map 25 Natural History Sites vii 22 34 35 43 44 45 47 54 55 56 59 60 66 67 68 Summary This report presents the outcomes of the national estate component of the Comprehensive Regional Assessment of the native forests of Victoria’s West region It will contribute to the development of a jointly agreed Victorian - Commonwealth Regional Forest Agreement for West Victoria Areas identified in this report as having potential national estate value are indicative only and are not necessarily the delineated forest areas that may be listed in the Register of the National Estate The report documents the natural and cultural values that need to be taken into account in determining national estate places; with the data in the report forming the basis of that determination by the Australian Heritage Commission The data layers and identified areas will remain indicative until they have been considered by the Australian Heritage Commission Over 125 sites and areas were identified as indicative national estate areas of social, aesthetic, and historic value Indicative national estate areas of natural value are identified in value maps covering natural landscapes, undisturbed catchments, old-growth, wilderness, flora, fauna and natural history The national estate component of the Comprehensive Regional Assessment has greatly enhanced the knowledge of the occurrence of national estate values in the forests of Victoria’s West region It is expected that the Regional Forest Agreement between the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments will include specifications for a jointly agreed national estate outcome in terms of both the listing of places, including a review of places currently listed or interim-listed in the Register of the National Estate, and the long-term management of national estate values in forests Summary Chapter 1:  Introduction There are a number of stages in the development of the West Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) between the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments The first stage, which follows the signing of the Scoping Agreement, is the Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) Both Governments, in collaboration with experts, have been involved in a wide range of projects designed to provide the information necessary for the analysis and identification of values and the determination of possible approaches for the West RFA Subsequent stages include the integration of environment, heritage, social and economic values in the Region, the development of a public consultation paper, and the drafting of the RFA This report presents the results of the assessment of natural and cultural national estate values, carried out as part of the CRA, and identifies indicative areas of national estate value in the Region The values documented in this report will be taken into account in delineating national estate places Areas endorsed by the Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) will be interim listed in the Register of the National Estate The interim listing of areas will then be advertised and subject to the statutory period of three months allowed for objections and public comment It is anticipated that interim listing of areas identified through this process will occur after the West Victoria RFA is signed There are five RFA study areas in Victoria; East Gippsland, Central Highlands, North East, Gippsland and West Victoria Agreements for the two latter Regions are yet to be signed 1.1     The National Estate The national estate is defined in the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 as: those places, being components of the natural environment of Australia, or the cultural environment of Australia, that have aesthetic, historic, scientific or social significance or other special value for future generations as well as for the present community The Australian Heritage Commission’s responsibility is to identify the national estate and, under section 30 of the Act, to advise the Commonwealth Government on the protection of national estate places and the potential impact on national estate values of Commonwealth decisions relating to those places The Act also requires the establishment of the Register of the National Estate (RNE) The Register includes places of importance at a local, regional or national level The identification and assessment of places for listing in the Register is guided by the national estate criteria (Appendix A) There are eight criteria in the Australian Heritage Commission Act These are referred to by letter codes A - H Sub-criteria are written for all of the criteria and referred to by number such as A1, A2, D1, D2 When making decisions about the use of forests that contain places of national estate significance, for example decisions on whether to grant woodchip export licences, the Commonwealth must consider any potential adverse effects on the national estate In the past, the lack of detailed information in a regional context about the national estate values of forests has made it difficult for the Australian Heritage Commission to identify and Introduction register places of national estate significance and to provide the Commonwealth Government with detailed advice about the protection of those places The lack of information has also contributed to uncertainty for forest-based industries and for State governments about which places will be listed in the Register of the National Estate, and what advice the Commission would give on the protection of those places In recognition of these problems, the Commission has developed a methodology for the regional assessment of national estate values which focuses on systematic surveys to identify areas of national estate significance coupled with appropriate management to protect identified values, using a regional framework as the basis for decision-making A systematic regional approach to the assessment of national estate values ensures that information on the distribution and regional protection of values is available to provide an appropriate context for the Commission to develop its advice to the Commonwealth Government It also ensures that all stakeholders and the general community are aware of the places of national estate significance in the Region In providing advice on the protection of national estate values identified through CRAs, the Commission has developed a policy which recognises the implementation, through the RFA process, of the nationally agreed criteria for a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system for forests (the JANIS criteria) In summary, the Commission’s current policy on the listing and protection of national estate values in a CAR reserve system is that where a RFA has substantially met the various attributes and expectations of the Commission, then it is appropriate to list all places identified through the RFA as containing national estate values which are protected by reservation, by reserve management prescription, by site exclusion, by consultation processes or other measures appropriate to the value, or places that are robust and not affected by timber harvesting or other off-reserve management activities Some of the areas identified in this assessment occur within places already listed or interimlisted in the Register of the National Estate (Appendix B and Map1) In addition to the identification of new indicative areas of national estate significance, some places previously listed in the Register may not have retained their national estate values Places already listed or interim-listed in the Register of the National Estate will be updated in the light of the information gathered during the CRA 1.2     The National Estate Assessment The RFA process is designed to comply with a range of Commonwealth and State statutory obligations in relation to the management of forests, including the identification of and provision of advice on the protection of national estate values required under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 A regional assessment model for identifying the National Estate was developed in 1991-92 by the Australian Heritage Commission (AHC), in cooperation with the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM), for the southern forest region of south-west Western Australia (AHC and CALM, 1992) The model was refined in 1993 for regional assessments in Victoria’s East Gippsland and Central Highlands RFA regions, with similar assessments later completed for CRAs in Tasmania, and Western Australia The Victorian model was further refined during the RFA process The West national estate assessment research was undertaken in 1998 - 1999 The cultural assessments were directed by the process developed by the technical advisory committee consisting of the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Introduction Scientific Name Common Name Pimelea spinescens ssp spinescens Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum undulatum Platylobium alternifolium Platylobium formosum Platylobium triangulare Platysace lanceolata Plectranthus parviflorus Pneumatopteris pennigera Poa ensiformis Poa fax Poa fordeana Poa halmaturina Poa labillardierei (Volcanic Plains form) Poa sallacustris Poa sp aff tenera (Red-sheath) Podolobium procumbens Polyscias sambucifolia Pomaderris aspera Pomaderris elachophylla Pomaderris ferruginea Pomaderris halmaturina ssp continentis Pomaderris lanigera Pomaderris obcordata Pomaderris paniculosa ssp paniculosa Prasophyllum affine Prasophyllum brevilabre Prasophyllum constrictum s.s Prasophyllum correctum Prasophyllum diversiflorum Prasophyllum fitzgeraldii Prasophyllum frenchii Prasophyllum lindleyanum Prasophyllum pallidum Prasophyllum patens Prasophyllum pyriforme s.s Prasophyllum spicatum Prasophyllum suaveolens Prasophyllum subbisectum Pratia sp aff pedunculata (Southwest Victoria) Prostanthera decussata Prostanthera hirtula Prostanthera lasianthos Prostanthera nivea Prostanthera saxicola var bracteolata Prostanthera spinosa Pseudanthus divaricatissimus Psilotum nudum Pterostylis aciculiformis Pterostylis alpina s.l Pterostylis basaltica Pterostylis bicolor Pterostylis cheraphila Pterostylis chlorogramma Pterostylis cucullata Pterostylis furcata s.s Pterostylis planulata s.s Pterostylis smaragdyna Pterostylis sp aff longifolia (Stawell) Pterostylis tasmanica Pterostylis tenuissima Spiny Rice-flower Banyalla Sweet Pittosporum Victorian Flat-pea Handsome Flat-pea Ivy Flat-pea Shrubby Platysace Cockspur Flower Lime Fern Sword Tussock-grass Scaly Poa Forde Poa Dwarf Coast Tussock-grass Blue Prickly Tussock-grass Conservation Status1 AROTS VROTS FFG ESP V e V Salt-lake Tussock-grass Red-sheath Tussock-grass Trailing Podolobium Elderberry Panax Hazel Pomaderris Small-leaf Pomaderris Rusty Pomaderris Glenelg Pomaderris  R Appendices 118 r E1   k    v  R V r k v k v r V E1 E1      R v E2    v v E k E  E E E V V E E Dense Mint-bush Hairy Mint-bush Victorian Christmas-bush Snowy Mint-bush Slender Mint-bush Spiny Mint-bush Tangled Pseudanthus Skeleton Fork-fern Slender Ruddyhood Alpine Greenhood Basalt Greenhood Black-tip Greenhood Floodplain Rustyhood Green-striped Greenhood Leafy Greenhood Small Sickle Greenhood Grampians Rustyhood Emerald-lip Greenhood Western Emerald-lip Greenhood Southern Bearded Greenhood Swamp Greenhood Endemicity2 E2  Woolly Pomaderris Pimelea Pomaderris Inland Pomaderris Heathland Leek-orchid Short-lip Leek-orchid Tawny Leek-orchid Gaping Leek-orchid Gorae Leek-orchid Fitzgerald's Leek-orchid Maroon Leek-orchid Green Leek-orchid Pale Leek-orchid Broad-lip Leek-orchid Silurian Leek-orchid Dense Leek-orchid Fragrant Leek-orchid Pomonal Leek-orchid South-west Matted Pratia Limit of Disjunct Range Population/s k e e e e v e r k v e e L L N N X X N L r r r k E1 V V E2 E1 E1 E      r R  E E   X  E V V V R V e k v v v k r r k k v L E L L E1 E2 V V E1 E2 E1 V Scientific Name Common Name Pterostylis truncata Ptilotus erubescens Pultenaea benthamii Pultenaea canaliculata Pultenaea costata Pultenaea daltonii Pultenaea graveolens Pultenaea gunnii ssp tuberculata Pultenaea juniperina s.s Pultenaea luehmannii Pultenaea muelleri var reflexifolia Pultenaea paleacea s.l Pultenaea patellifolia Pultenaea prolifera Pultenaea subalpina Pultenaea victoriensis Pultenaea weindorferi Pultenaea williamsoniana Quinetia urvillei Ranunculus plebeius s.l Ranunculus scapiger Ranunculus undosus Rapanea howittiana Rhagodia parabolica Rhytidosporum procumbens Rumohra adiantiformis Rutidosis leptorhynchoides Santalum acuminatum Sarcochilus australis Sarcocornia quinqueflora ssp tasmanica Schoenoplectus dissachanthus Schoenus breviculmis Schoenus brevifolius Schoenus carsei Schoenus laevigatus Schoenus nanus Schoenus sculptus Schoenus turbinatus Scleranthus diander Sclerolaena diacantha Sclerolaena muricata Sclerolaena muricata var muricata Sclerolaena muricata var villosa Senecio behrianus Senecio cunninghamii var cunninghamii Senecio macrocarpus Senecio picridioides Senecio psilocarpus Senecio vagus Senecio velleioides Senna artemisioides Senna artemisioides ssp petiolaris Setaria constricta Spiranthes sinensis Sporobolus caroli Sporobolus creber Spyridium cinereum Spyridium eriocephalum var eriocephalum Spyridium vexilliferum var vexilliferum Stackhousia aff monogyna (Western Plains) Stackhousia aspericocca Stackhousia spathulata Brittle Greenhood Hairy Tails Bentham's Bush-pea Coast Bush-pea Ribbed Bush-pea Hoary Bush-pea Scented Bush-pea Golden Bush-pea Pungent Bush-pea Thready Bush-pea Mueller's Bush-pea Chaffy Bush-pea Mt Byron Bush-pea Otway Bush-pea Rosy Bush-pea Victoria Range Bush-pea Swamp Bush-pea Williamson's Bush-pea Quinetia Forest/Hairy Buttercup Hairy Buttercup Swamp Buttercup Muttonwood Fragrant Saltbush White Marianth Leathery Shield-fern Button Wrinklewort Sweet Quandong Butterfly Orchid Beaded Glasswort Conservation Status1 AROTS VROTS FFG ESP e L L r r R r r v L K r r R r k Blunt Club-sedge Matted Bog-sedge Zig-zag Bog-sedge Wiry Bog-sedge Short-leaf Bog-sedge Tiny Bog-sedge Gimlet Bog-sedge Top Bog-sedge Tufted Knawel Grey Copperburr Black Roly-poly Black Roly-poly Grey Roly-poly Stiff Groundsel Branching Groundsel Large-fruit Fireweed Hawkbit Fireweed Swamp Fireweed Saw Groundsel Forest Groundsel Desert Cassia Woody Cassia Knottybutt Grass Austral Ladies' Tresses Yakka Grass Western Rat-tail Grass Tiny Spyridium Heath Spyridium Limit of Disjunct Range Population/s Endemicity2  E1 E2 E2 E1 E1 E1  R R R R V r r r r r v r E1 E2 E1 E1 X E1   v   r   E e v L k N E  e   r k k r r r      k E e k L E V e L V V v       R v r v v    Winged Spyridium Plains Stackhousia E2 Rough-nut Stackhousia Coast Stackhousia Appendices 119 k k Conservation Status1 AROTS VROTS FFG ESP Scientific Name Common Name Stellaria flaccida Sticherus lobatus Sticherus tener s.s Stylidium soboliferum Swainsona behriana Swainsona brachycarpa Swainsona murrayana Swainsona swainsonioides Taraxacum cygnorum Tasmannia lanceolata Templetonia stenophylla Tetrarrhena juncea Tetrarrhena turfosa Tetratheca bauerifolia Tetratheca labillardierei Tetratheca stenocarpa Thelionema umbellatum Thelymitra azurea Thelymitra benthamiana Thelymitra circumsepta Thelymitra epipactoides Thelymitra gregaria Thelymitra hiemalis Thelymitra luteocilium Thelymitra malvina Thelymitra matthewsii Thelymitra merraniae Thelymitra mucida Thelymitra sp aff pauciflora (Anglesea) Thesium australe Thomasia petalocalyx Thryptomene calycina Thysanotus juncifolius Tmesipteris elongata ssp elongata Trachymene pilosa Triglochin minutissimum Tripogon loliiformis Trymalium daltonii Trymalium X ramosissimum Uncinia tenella Utricularia violacea Veronica notabilis Veronica plebeia Villarsia exaltata Villarsia umbricola Viola sieberiana s.s Vittadinia cervicularis Vittadinia muelleri Forest Starwort Spreading Fan-fern Tasman Fan-fern Grampians Trigger-plant Southern Swainson-pea Slender Swainson-pea Slender Darling-pea Downy Swainson-pea Coast Dandelion Mountain Pepper Leafy Templetonia Forest Wire-grass Smooth Rice-grass Heath Pink-bells Glandular Pink-bells Long Pink-bells Clustered Lily Azure Sun-orchid Blotched Sun-orchid Naked Sun-orchid Metallic Sun-orchid Basalt Sun-orchid Winter Sun-orchid Fringed Sun-orchid Mauve-tuft Sun-orchid Spiral Sun-orchid Merran's Sun-orchid Plum Orchid Anglesea Sun-orchid Wahlenbergia planiflora ssp planiflora Westringia glabra Wurmbea uniflora X Calassodia tutelata Xanthorrhoea caespitosa Xanthosia dissecta var floribunda Zieria arborescens Zieria sp (Grampians) Zieria veronicea Austral Toad-flax Paper Flower Grampians Thryptomene Branching Fringe-lily Slender Fork-fern Dwarf Trachymene Tiny Arrowgrass Rye Beetle-grass Narrow-leaf Trymalium Branched Trymalium Delicate Hook-sedge Violet Bladderwort Forest Speedwell Trailing Speedwell Erect Marsh-flower Lax Marsh-flower Tiny Violet Annual New Holland Daisy Narrow-leaf New Holland Daisy Bluebell Violet Westringia One-flower Early Nancy Bluebeard Waxlip Hybrid Orchid Yucca Cut-leaf Xanthosia Stinkwood Grampians Zieria Pink Zieria  V V r r r v e e e   E1 L L N L  V V      R E V V r r v v v e e e r v v e v v e r r  L N N E L L V E1 E2 X L E1 V E1   v  r r r E1 R  r     k     r r r  E1  r r AROTS = Australian Rare Or Threatened Species (based on Briggs & Leigh 1995) VROTS = Victorian Rare Or Threatened Species FFG = Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Appendices 120 Endemicity2 v Notes: Limit of Disjunct Range Population/s E1 ESP = Commonwealth Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 E1 = natural distribution wholly confined to the West RFA Region E2 = natural Australian distribution mainly (>50%) confined to West RFA Region E, e = Endangered; K, k = insufficiently known; L = Listed; N = Nominated for listing, R, r = Rare; V, v = Vulnerable; X = rejected for listing, Appendices 121 Appendix L:   Fauna Species Occurring in the West  RFA Region and Showing those with A1 and B1  Values Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status TFV1 Mammals Acrobates pygmaeus Antechinus flavipes Antechinus minimus Antechinus stuartii Antechinus swainsonii mimetes Antechinus swainsonii insulans Canis lupus dingo Cercartetus concinnus Cercartetus lepidus Cercartetus nanus Chalinolobus gouldii Chalinolobus morio Dasyurus maculatus Dasyurus viverrinus Falsistrellus tasmaniensis Hydromys chrysogaster Isoodon obesulus Macropus fuliginosus Macropus giganteus Macropus rufogriseus Macropus rufus Mastacomys fuscus Miniopterus schreibersii Mormopterus sp Mormopterus sp Myotis macropus Nyctophilus geoffroyi Nyctophilus gouldi Ornithorhynchus anatinus Perameles gunnii Perameles nasuta Petauroides volans Petaurus australis Petaurus breviceps Petaurus norfolcensis Feathertail Glider Yellow-footed Antechinus Swamp Antechinus Brown Antechinus Dusky Antechinus Dusky Antechinus Dingo Western Pigmy-possum Little Pygmy-possum Eastern Pigmy-possum Gould's Wattled Bat Chocolate Wattled Bat Tiger Quoll Eastern Quoll Great Pipistrelle Water Rat Southern Brown Bandicoot Western Grey Kangaroo Eastern Grey Kangaroo Red-necked Wallaby Red Kangaroo Broad-toothed Rat Common Bent-wing Bat Southern Freetail Bat (Eastern form) Southern Freetail Bat Large-footed Mouse-eared Bat Lesser Long-eared Bat Gould's Long-eared Bat Platypus Eastern Barred Bandicoot Long-nosed Bandicoot Greater Glider Yellow-bellied Glider Sugar Glider Squirrel Glider Petrogale penicillata Phascogale tapoatafa Phascolarctos cinereus Potorous tridactylus Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Brush-tailed Phascogale Koala Long-nosed Potoroo Pseudocheirus peregrinus Pseudomys apodemoides Pseudomys australis Pseudomys fumeus Pseudomys novaehollandiae Pseudomys shortridgei Pteropus poliocephalus Pteropus scapulatus Rattus fuscipes Rattus lutreolus Saccolaimus flaviventris Common Ringtail Possum Silky Mouse Plains Mouse Smoky Mouse New Holland Mouse Heath Rat Grey-headed Flying-fox Little Red Flying-fox Bush Rat Swamp Rat Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat Appendices 122 FFG2 ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2  LR   DD  LR E L V  LR LR V L  C L E L C V L L V V           LR LR E C LR V V N L L E       Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Scotorepens balstoni Sminthopsis crassicaudata Sminthopsis leucopus Sminthopsis murina Tachyglossus aculeatus Tadarida australis Trichosurus caninus Trichosurus vulpecula Vespadelus darlingtoni Vespadelus regulus Vespadelus vulturnus Vombatus ursinus Wallabia bicolor Birds Acanthagenys rufogularis Acanthiza apicalis Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Acanthiza lineata Acanthiza nana Acanthiza pusilla Acanthiza reguloides Acanthiza uropygialis Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Accipiter cirrhocephalus Accipiter fasciatus Accipiter novaehollandiae Acrocephalus stentoreus Actitis hypoleucos Aegotheles cristatus Alauda arvensis Alcedo azurea Alisterus scapularis Anas castanea Anas clypeata Anas gracilis Anas querquedula Anas rhynchotis Anas superciliosa Anhinga melanogaster Anseranas semipalmata Anthochaera carunculata Anthochaera chrysoptera Anthus novaeseelandiae Aphelocephala leucopsis Apus pacificus Aquila audax Ardea alba Ardea ibis Ardea intermedia Ardea pacifica Ardeotis australis Arenaria interpres Artamus cinereus Artamus cyanopterus Artamus leucorynchus Artamus minor Artamus personatus Artamus superciliosus Aythya australis Barnardius barnardi Barnardius zonarius Western Broad-nosed Bat Fat-tailed Dunnart White-footed Dunnart Common Dunnart Short-beaked Echidna White-striped Freetail Bat Mountain Brushtail Possum Common Brushtail Possum Large Forest Bat King River Eptesicus Little Forest Eptesicus Common Wombat Swamp Wallaby TFV1 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Inland Thornbill Yellow-rumped Thornbill Striated Thornbill Yellow Thornbill Brown Thornbill Buff-rumped Thornbill Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Eastern Spinebill Collared Sparrowhawk Brown Goshawk Grey Goshawk Clamorous Reed-Warbler Common Sandpiper Australian Owlet-nightjar Skylark Azure Kingfisher Australian King-Parrot Chestnut Teal Northern Shoveler Grey Teal Garganey Australasian Shoveler Pacific Black Duck Darter Magpie Goose Red Wattlebird Little Wattlebird Richard's Pipit Southern Whiteface Fork-tailed Swift Wedge-tailed Eagle Great Egret Cattle Egret Intermediate Egret White-necked Heron Australian Bustard Ruddy Turnstone Black-faced Woodswallow Dusky Woodswallow White-breasted Woodswallow Little Woodswallow Masked Woodswallow White-browed Woodswallow Hardhead Mallee Ringneck Australian Ringneck Appendices 123 FFG2 ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2 DD     DD LR   V E E L C L C L V Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Biziura lobata Botaurus poiciloptilus Burhinus grallarius Cacatua galerita Cacatua leadbeateri Cacatua roseicapilla Cacatua sanguinea Cacatua tenuirostris Cacomantis flabelliformis Cacomantis variolosus Calamanthus sp Calidris acuminata Calidris alba Calidris bairdii Calidris canutus Calidris ferruginea Calidris fuscicollis Calidris melanotos Calidris minuta Calidris paramelanotos Calidris ruficollis Calidris subminuta Calidris tenuirostris Callocephalon fimbriatum Calmanthus sp Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne Calyptorhynchus funereus Cereopsis novaehollandiae Certhionyx niger Certhionyx variegatus Chalcophaps indica Charadrius australis Charadrius bicinctus Charadrius dubius Charadrius leschenaultii Charadrius hiaticula Charadrius mongolus Charadrius ruficapillus Charadrius veredus Chenonetta jubata Cheramoeca leucosternus Chlidonias hybridus Chlidonias leucopterus Chrysococcyx basalis Chrysococcyx lucidus Chrysococcyx osculans Chthonicola sagittata Cincloramphus cruralis Cincloramphus mathewsi Cinclosoma castonotus Cinclosoma punctatum Circus approximans Circus assimilis Cisticola exilis Cladorhynchus leucocephalus Climacteris erythrops Climacteris picumnus Colluricincla harmonica Coracina maxima Coracina novaehollandiae Musk Duck Australasian Bittern Bush Stone-curlew Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Galah Little Corella Long-billed Corella Fan-tailed Cuckoo Brush Cuckoo Fieldwren Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Red Knot Curlew Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Little Stint Cox's Sandpiper Red-necked Stint Long-toed Stint Great Knot Gang-gang Cockatoo Fieldwren Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Cape Barren Goose Black Honeyeater Pied Honeyeater Emerald Dove Inland Dotterel Double-banded Plover Little Ringed Plover Greater Sand Plover Ringed Plover Lesser Sand Plover Red-capped Plover Oriental Plover Australian Wood Duck White-backed Swallow Whiskered Tern White-winged Black Tern Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Black-eared Cuckoo Speckled Warbler Brown Songlark Rufour Songlark Chestnut Quail-thrush Spotted Quail-thrush Swamp Harrier Spotted Harrier Golden-headed Cisticola Banded Stilt Red-browed Treecreeper Brown Treecreeper Grey Shrike-thrush Ground Cuckoo-shrike Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Appendices 124 TFV1 V E E FFG2 V L ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2 N L  DD DD E L E  V LR V   E Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Coracina papuensis Coracina tenuirostris Corcorax melanorhamphos Cormobates leucophaeus Corvus coronoides Corvus mellori Corvus splendens Corvus tasmanicus Coturnix australis Coturnix chinensis Coturnix pectoralis Cracticus nigrogularis Cracticus torquatus Cuculus pallidus Cygnus atratus Dacelo novaeguineae Daphoenositta chrysoptera Dasyornis broadbenti broadbenti Dasyornis broadbenti whitei Dendrocygna arcuata Dendrocygna eytoni Dicaeum hirundinaceum Dicrurus bracteatus Dromaius novaehollandiae Drymodes brunneopygia Egretta garzetta Egretta novaehollandiae Elanus axillaris Elanus scriptus Elseyornis melanops Entomyzon cyanotis Eopsaltria australis Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Epthianura albifrons Epthianura aurifrons Epthianura tricolor Erythrogonys cinctus Eurostopodus argus Eurostopodus mystacalis Eurystomus orientalis Falco berigora Falco cenchroides Falco hypoleucos Falco longipennis Falco peregrinus Falco subniger Falcunculus frontatus Fulica atra Gallinago hardwickii Gallinula tenebrosa Gallinula ventralis Gallirallus philippensis Geopelia cuneata Geopelia striata Gerygone fusca Gerygone olivacea Glareola maldivarum Glossopsitta concinna Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Glossopsitta pusilla Grallina cyanoleuca White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Cicadabird White-winged Chough White-throated Treecreeper Australian Raven Little Raven House Crow Forest Raven Brown Quail King Quail Stubble Quail Pied Butcherbird Grey Butcherbird Pallid Cuckoo Black Swan Laughing Kookaburra Varied Sittella Rufous Bristlebird Rufous Bristlebird Wandering Whistling-Duck Plumed Whistling-Duck Mistletoebird Spangled Drongo Emu Southern Scrub-robin Little Egret White-faced Heron Black-shouldered Kite Letter-winged Kite Black-fronted Dotterel Blue-faced Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Robin Black-necked Stork White-fronted Chat Orange Chat Crimson Chat Red-kneed Dotterel Spotted Nightjar White-throated Nightjar Dollarbird Brown Falcon Nankeen Kestrel Grey Falcon Australian Hobby Peregrine Falcon Black Falcon Crested Shrike-tit Eurasian Coot Latham's Snipe Dusky Moorhen Black-tailed Native-hen Buff-banded Rail Diamond Dove Peaceful Dove Western Gerygone White-throated Gerygone Oriental Pratincole Musk Lorikeet Purple-crowned Lorikeet Little Lorikeet Magpie-lark Appendices 125 TFV1 FFG2 C L V V L L C L C L E V ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2   Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Grantiella picta Grus rubicunda Gymnorhina tibicen Haliaeetus leucogaster Haliastur sphenurus Hamirostra melanosternon Heteroscelus brevipes Hieraaetus morphnoides Himantopus himantopus Hirundapus caudacutus Hirundo ariel Hirundo neoxena Hirundo nigricans Hylacola cauta Hylacola pyrrhopygia Ixobrychus minutus Lalage sueurii Larus atricalla Larus crassirostris Larus dominicanus Larus novaehollandiae Larus pacificus Lathamus discolor Leipoa ocellata Leucosarcia melanoleuca Lichenostomus chrysops Lichenostomus cratitius Lichenostomus fuscus Lichenostomus leucotis Lichenostomus melanops Lichenostomus ornatus Lichenostomus penicillatus Lichenostomus virescens Limicola falcinellus Limnodromus semipalmatus Limosa lapponica Limosa limosa Lophoictinia isura Malacorhynchus membranaceus Malurus cyaneus Malurus lamberti Manorina melanocephala Manorina melanophrys Megalurus gramineus Melanodryas cucullata Melithreptus brevirostris Melithreptus gularis Melithreptus lunatus Melopsittacus undulatus Menura novaehollandiae Merops ornatus Microeca fascinans Micropalama himantopus Milvus migrans Mirafra javanica Monarcha melanopsis Morus capensis Morus serrator Myiagra cyanoleuca Myiagra inquieta Myiagra rubecula Painted Honeyeater Brolga Australian Magpie White-bellied Sea-Eagle Whistling Kite Black-breasted Buzzard Grey-tailed Tattler Little Eagle Black-winged Stilt White-throated Needletail Fairy Martin Welcome Swallow Tree Martin Shy Heathwren Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Little Bittern White-winged Triller Laughing Gull Black-tailed Gull Kelp Gull Silver Gull Pacific Gull Swift Parrot Malleefowl Wonga Pigeon Yellow-faced Honeyeater Purple-gaped Honeyeater Fuscous Honeyeater White-eared Honeyeater Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Yellow-plumed Honeyeater White-plumed Honeyeater Singing Honeyeater Broad-billed Sandpiper Asian Dowditcher Bar-tailed Godwit Black-tailed Godwit Square-tailed Kite Pink-eared Duck Superb Fairy-wren Variegated Fairy-wren Noisy Miner Bell Miner Little Grassbird Hooded Robin Brown-headed Honeyeater Black-chinned Honeyeater White-naped Honeyeater Budgerigar Superb Lyrebird Rainbow Bee-eater Jacky Winter Stilt Sandpiper Black Kite Singing Bushlark Black-faced Monarch Cape Gannet Australasian Gannet Satin Flycatcher Restless Flycatcher Leaden Flycatcher Appendices 126 TFV1 V V FFG2 L L E L DD E N ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2 C LR E E L L E N V V  C V Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Myzomela sanguinolenta Neochmia temporalis Neophema chrysogaster Neophema chrysostoma Neophema elegans Ninox connivens Ninox novaeseelandiae Ninox strenua Northiella haematogaster Numenius madagascariensis Numenius minutus Numenius phaeopus Nycticorax caledonicus Nymphicus hollandicus Ocyphaps lophotes Oreoica gutturalis Oriolus sagittatus Oxyura australis Pachycephala inornata Pachycephala olivacea Pachycephala pectoralis Pachycephala rufiventris Pachycephala rufogularis Pandion haliaetus Pardalotus punctatus Pardalotus striatus Pardalotus xanthopygus Pedionomus torquatus Pelecanus conspicillatus Petroica goodenovii Petroica multicolor Petroica phoenicea Petroica rodinogaster Petroica rosea Pezoporus wallicus Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax fuscescens Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Phalacrocorax varius Phalaropus fulicaria Phalaropus lobatus Phaps chalcoptera Phaps elegans Philemon citreogularis Philemon corniculatus Philomachus pugnax Phylidonyris albifrons Phylidonyris melanops Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera Platalea flavipes Platalea regia Platycercus adscitus Platycercus elegans Platycercus elegans flaveolus Platycercus eximius Plectorhyncha lanceolata Plegadis falcinellus Pluvialis fulva Pluvialis squatarola Scarlet Honeyeater Red-browed Finch Orange-bellied Parrot Blue-winged Parrot Elegant Parrot Barking Owl Southern Boobook Powerful Owl Blue Bonnet Eastern Curlew Little Curlew Whimbrel Nankeen Night Heron Cockatiel Crested Pigeon Crested Bellbird Olive-backed Oriole Blue-billed Duck Gilbert's Whistler Olive Whistler Golden Whistler Rufous Whistler Red-lored Whistler Osprey Spotted Pardalote Striated Pardalote Yellow-rumped Pardalote Plains-wanderer Australian Pelican Red-capped Robin Scarlet Robin Flame Robin Pink Robin Rose Robin Ground Parrot Great Cormorant Black-faced Cormorant Little Pied Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Pied Cormorant Grey Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Common Bronzewing Brush Bronzewing Little Friarbird Noisy Friarbird Ruff White-fronted Honeyeater Tawny-crowned Honeyeater New Holland Honeyeater Crescent Honeyeater Yellow-billed Spoonbill Royal Spoonbill Pale-headed Rosella Crimson Rosella Yellow Rosella Eastern Rosella Striped Honeyeater Glossy Ibis Pacific Golden Plover Grey Plover Appendices 127 TFV1 FFG2 ESP3 C L E E N E L Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2   LR V V N  V L V E L V V L V LR V V Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Podargus strigoides Podiceps cristatus Poliocephalus poliocephalus Polytelis anthopeplus Polytelis swainsonii Pomatostomus superciliosus Pomatostomus temporalis Porphyrio porphyrio Porzana fluminea Porzana pusilla Porzana tabuensis Psephotus haematonotus Psephotus varius Psophodes olivaceus Ptilinopus superbus Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Puffinus assimilis Pycnoptilus floccosus Pygoscelis adeliae Pyrrholaemus brunneus Rallus pectoralis Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura leucophrys Rhipidura rufifrons Rostratula benghalensis Scythrops novaehollandiae Sericornis frontalis Smicrornis brevirostris Stagonopleura bella Stagonopleura guttata Steganopus tricolor Sterna albifrons Sterna bergii Sterna caspia Sterna fuscata Sterna hirundo Sterna nereis Sterna nilotica Sterna paradisaea Sterna striata Stictonetta naevosa Stiltia isabella Stipiturus malachurus Strepera graculina Strepera versicolor Struthidea cinerea Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Tadorna tadornoides Taeniopygia guttata Thinornis rubricollis Threskiornis molucca Threskiornis spinicollis Todiramphus pyrrhopygia Todiramphus sanctus Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Trichoglossus haematodus Tringa flavipes Tringa glareola Tringa nebularia Tringa stagnatilis Tawny Frogmouth Great Crested Grebe Hoary-headed Grebe Regent Parrot Superb Parrot White-browed Babbler Grey-crowned Babbler Purple Swamphen Australian Spotted Crake Baillon's Crake Spotless Crake Red-rumped Parrot Mulga Parrot Eastern Whipbird Superb Fruit-Dove Satin Bowerbird Little Shearwater Pilotbird Adelie Penguin Redthroat Lewin's Rail Red-necked Avocet Grey Fantail Willie Wagtail Rufous Fantail Painted Snipe Channel-billed Cuckoo White-browed Scrubwren Weebill Beautiful Firetail Diamond Firetail Wilson's Phalarope Little Tern Crested Tern Caspian Tern Sooty Tern Common Tern Fairy Tern Gull-billed Tern Arctic Tern White-fronted Tern Freckled Duck Australian Pratincole Southern Emu-wren Pied Currawong Grey Currawong Apostlebird Australasian Grebe Australian Shelduck Zebra Finch Hooded Plover Australian White Ibis Straw-necked Ibis Red-backed Kingfisher Sacred Kingfisher Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Rainbow Lorikeet Lesser Yellowlegs Wood Sandpiper Common Greenshank Marsh Sandpiper Appendices 128 TFV1 FFG2 ESP3 E L V E L V N Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2  C E N E V LR V L V E L N E L E V E V L V  Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Tryngites subruficollis Turnix pyrrhothorax Turnix varia Turnix velox Tyto alba Tyto novaehollandiae Tyto tenebricosa Vanellus miles Vanellus tricolor Xanthomyza phrygia Xenus cinereus Zoothera lunulata Zosterops lateralis Reptiles Amphibolurus muricatus Amphibolurus nobbi coggeri Amphibolurus norrisi Aprasia striolata Austrelaps superbus Bassiana duperreyi Chelodina longicollis Cryptoblepharus carnabyi Ctenophorus pictus Ctenotus robustus Ctenotus uber orientalis Delma impar Delma inornata Diplodactylus tessellatus Drysdalia coronoides Egernia coventryi Egernia cunninghami Egernia saxatilis intermedia Egernia whitii Emydura macquarii Eulamprus heatwolei (WTF) Eulamprus quoyii Eulamprus tympanum (CTF) Eulamprus tympanum ssp (Corangamite) Hemiergis decresiensis Hemiergis peronii Lampropholis delicata Lampropholis guichenoti Lerista bougainvillii Lialis burtonis Menetia greyii Morethia adelaidensis Morethia boulengeri Morethia obscura Nannoscincus maccoyi Nephrurus milii Niveoscincus coventryi Niveoscincus metallicus Notechis scutatus Phyllodactylus marmoratus Pogona barbata Pseudechis porphyriacus Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii Pseudemoia pagenstecheri Pseudemoia rawlinsoni Pseudemoia spenceri Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-chested Button-quail Painted Button-quail Little Button-quail Barn Owl Masked Owl Sooty Owl Masked Lapwing Banded Lapwing Regent Honeyeater Terek Sandpiper Bassian Thrush Silvereye TFV1 Jacky Lizard Nobbi Dragon Norris's Dragon Striped Worm-lizard Copperhead Eastern Three-lined Skink Eastern Long-necked Tortoise Carnaby's Wall Skink Painted Dragon Striped Skink Striped Legless Lizard Olive Legless Lizard Tesselated Gecko White-lipped Snake Swamp Skink Cunningham's Skink Black Rock Skink White's Skink Murray Turtle Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eastern Water Skink Southern Water Skink Southern Water Skink Three-toed Skink Four-toed Skink Grass Skink Garden Skink Bougainville's Skink Burton's Legless Lizard Grey's Skink Samphire Skink Boulenger's Skink Obscure Skink McCoy's Skink Thick-tailed Gecko Coventry's Skink Metallic Skink Eastern Tiger Snake Marbled Gecko Eastern Bearded Dragon Red-bellied Black Snake Southern Grass Skink Tussock Skink Glossy Grass Skink Spencer's Skink Appendices 129 FFG2 ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2 V DD E V L L C L E  LR    E L V LR  V  LR C LR L E        E LR     Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Pseudonaja textilis Pygopus lepidopodus Ramphotyphlops nigrescens Ramphotyphlops proximus Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens Saproscincus mustelinus Suta flagellum Tiliqua nigrolutea Tiliqua occipitalis Tiliqua rugosa Tiliqua scincoides Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla Tympanocryptus diemensis Varanus gouldii Varanus varius Amphibians Crinia parinsignifera Crinia signifera Geocrinia laevis Geocrinia laevis X victoriana Geocrinia victoriana Limnodynastes dumerilii Limnodynastes dumerilii dumerilii Limnodynastes dumerilii insularis Limnodynastes dumerilii variegatus Limnodynastes peronii Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Litoria ewingii Litoria lesueuri Litoria paraewingi Litoria peronii Litoria raniformis Litoria verreauxii verreauxii Neobatrachus pictus Neobatrachus sudelli Pseudophryne bibronii Pseudophryne semimarmorata Fish Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum Edelia obscura Gadopsis marmoratus Galaxias brevipinnis Galaxias cleaveri Galaxias olidus Galaxias truttaceus Galaxiella pusilla Geotria australis Hypseleotris klunzingeri Maccullochella peelii Macquaria ambigua Macquaria australasica Mordacia mordax Nannoperca australis Nannoperca variegata Prototroctes maraena Tandanus tandanus Tasmanogobius lasti Invertebrates Eastern Brown Snake Common Scaly-foot Gray's Blind Snake Woodland Blind Snake Eastern Small-eyed Snake Weasel Skink Little Whip Snake Blotched Blue-tongued Lizard Western Blue-tongued Lizard Stumpy-tailed Lizard Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Lined Eared Dragon TFV1 Mountain Dragon Gould's Goanna Lace Monitor FFG2 ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2 V   LR C L C       DD Plains Froglet Common Eastern Froglet Southern Smooth Froglet Southern Smooth Froglet Victorian Smooth Froglet Eastern Banjo Frog Southern Bullfrog Southern Bullfrog Southern Bullfrog  Brown-striped Frog Spotted Marsh Frog Brown Tree Frog Lesueur's Frog Plains Brown Tree Frog Peron's Tree Frog Growling Grass Frog Verreaux's Tree Frog Mallee Spadefoot Toad Common Spadefoot Toad Brown Toadlet Southern Toadlet  V X LR DD L E DD L LR L V V E L V V V L L N Unspecked Hardyhead Yarra Pigmy Perch River Blackfish Broad-finned Galaxias Australian Mudfish Mountain Galaxias Spotted Galaxias Dwarf Galaxias Pouched Lamprey Western Carp Gudgeon Murray Cod Golden Perch Macquarie Perch Short-headed Lamprey Southern Pigmy Perch Ewens Pigmy Perch Australin Grayling Freshwater Catfish Lagoon Goby Appendices 130 V    V L V V  Scientific Name Common Name Conservation Status Acrodipsas brisbanensis Acrodipsas myrmecophila Amarinus lacustris Large Ant Blue Small Ant Blue Freshwater crab Antipoda chaostola chares Archaeophylax canarus Boekella nyoraensis Engaeus cunicularius Heath Sand-skipper Butterfly Caddisfly Calanoid copepod Granular Burrowing Cray Engaeus fultoni Otway Burrowing Cray Engaeus lyelli Upland Burrowing Cray Engaeus merosetosus Western Burrowing Cray Engaeus quadrimanus Lowland Burrowing Cray Engaeus sericatus Engaeus strictifrons Hairy Burrowing Cray Portland Burrowing Cray Euastacus armatus Euastacus bispinosis Euastacus yarraensis Murray River Crayfish Glenelg River Crayfish Southern Victoria Spiny Cray Eusthenia nothofagi Fibulacamptus gracilior Geocharax falcata Geocharax gracilis Gramastacus insolitus Hesperilla crypsargyra lesouefi Hesperilla flavescens flavescens Heteronympha cordace wilsoni Hyridella australis Otway Stonefly Harpactacoid Copepod Western Cray Otway Cray Swamp Crayfish Silvered Skipper Altona Skipper (Butterfly) Coastal Freshwater Mussel Hyridella drapeta Coastal Freshwater Mussel Hyridella depressa Coastal Freshwater Mussel Hyridella glenelgensis Hyridella narracanensis Ogyris idmo halmaturia Orphinotrichia justini Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii Pseudalmenus chlorinda fisheri Synemon plana Synemon sp c.f selene Taskiria otwayensis Victaphanta compacta Glenelg Freshwater Mussel Southern River Mussel Large Brown Azure Caddisfly Caddisfly Chlorinda Hairsreak Golden Sun Moth Sun Moth Caddisfly Otway Black Snail TFV1 R E FFG2 L L ESP3 Endemicity4 E1 Disjunct Limit of Population/s Range E2  R R R  L        K K    K   R  V     R  E K K V E E E V L  Notes: TFV = Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria list (NRE 1999) for vertebrate fauna, Threatened Fauna in Victoria list (CNR 1995) for invertebrates FFG = Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 ESP = Commonwealth Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 E1 = natural distribution wholly confined to the West RFA Region E2 = natural Australian distribution mainly (>50%) confined to West RFA Region C = Critically Endangered, DD = Data Deficient (insufficiently known), E = Endangered, K = insufficiently known, L = Listed, LR = Lower Risk, N = Nominated for listing, R = Rare, V = Vulnerable, X = rejected for listing, Appendices 131 Appendix M   Metadata Reference The importance of documenting key aspects of data so as to better understand, manage and use the data is being increasingly recognised This description, or documentation, of the data is commonly referred to as 'metadata' As part of the CRA process, a standard approach had been used to document data consistently The standard was developed by the Australia New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC), a group formed to coordinate the collection and transfer of all land and geographic information across all levels of government All jurisdictions are represented on ANZLIC The core metadata outlined in the ANZLIC standard provide basic information about the data, including descriptions of the data, their geographic extent, currency, status, accessibility and quality, and contact information A list of attributes has also been included in the data descriptions The metadata inventory of datasets will be available on the CRA/RFA web site as follows: http://www.rfa.gov.au/index.html Appendices 132