Everything about Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve totally explained
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, on the fringe of
Namadgi National Park, is a short drive from the city of
Canberra, Australia. The reserve covers an area of approximately 54.50 km² and consists of a large valley floor, the Tidbinbilla Mountain and the Gibraltar range. The sides of the valley are steep and relatively undisturbed; the lower slopes are partly cleared and have a history of
Aboriginal and European use.
Tidbinbilla is a corruption of the aboriginal word
jedbinbilla which means "where the boys become men". Known sites of significance in the reserve include the Birriagi Rock Shelter, which is the oldest known Aboriginal site in the Australian Capital Territory. Bogong Rocks is a shelter contains the oldest evidence of Aboriginal occupation at a
bogong moth resting site. Tidbinbilla Mountain is believed to have been used for initiation ceremonies.
There are over 100 years of European tenancy of the reserve.
Nil Desperandum and
Rock Valley Homestead are both pise
rammed earth buildings built in the 1890s. Both building were built by George Green and George Hatcliff.
Nil Desperandum is a historic four-roomed residence alongside Hurdle Creek first occupied by Henry French Gillman. The remains of a commercial camellia plantation and the best preserved eucalyptus distillery in the ACT are nearby.
Rock Valley Homestead was occupied by the Green family.
Nil Desperandum was later occupied by George Greens daughter Elsie Jane and her husband Eric Blewitt from the early 1930's to the early 1950's when Eric was killed drenching a horse. Both buildings were severely damaged during the
Canberra bushfires of 2003.
In 1936 about 8.10 km² were set aside as a public reserve and in 1939 a
koala enclosure was built by the Institute of Anatomy. The government acquired land to establish a national park and fauna reserve in 1962, extending the park to 36.29 km² and later further extending the park to its current size. In 1969 the first wildlife displays were created and in 1971 the park was officially gazetted.
Tidbinbilla has a wide variety of bushwalks - ranging from 30 minutes, to over 6 hours. It also is a native habitat for
kangaroos,
wallabies,
platypus,
koalas,
lyrebirds,
emus and other wildlife. Ninety-nine percent of the park was burnt out in the
Bendora bushfire of
18 January 2003 resulting in the loss of countless numbers of wildlife. Only one koala, six rock wallabies, five potoroos, four freckled ducks and nine black swans survived the bushfire.
The Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is across the road from the
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, part of the
NASA Deep Space Network.
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