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Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve

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A biological survey was conducted in the area in 1982 and researchers found 189 plant species, 53 species of bird, 19 reptile species and 9 species of mammal. Several of the birds are endangered including the
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The above list consists of places managed by the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory either alone or with other parties
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The landscape is predominantly flat with watercourses found in the northern areas where small stands of trees are found.
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arrived in the area in the 1880s and the area was used as a stock reserve along the Barkly
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Northern Territory places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
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which was heavily trafficked up until the 1960s when road transport replaced
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It is situated approximately 260 kilometres (162 mi) north east of
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In 2002, the conservation reserve was listed on the now-defunct
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plains with cracking clays underlain by flat beds of Middle
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Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
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is also found in the wettest areas. The area contains
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Protected areas managed by the Australian government
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Indigenous Protected Areas of the Northern Territory
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Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia
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Index

Northern Territory
IUCN category
strict nature reserve
Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve is located in Northern Territory
Tennant Creek
Coordinates
18°53′26″S 136°32′53″E / 18.89056°S 136.54806°E / -18.89056; 136.54806
Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve
Protected areas of the Northern Territory
protected area
Northern Territory of Australia
Tennant Creek
Elliott
Brunette Downs Station
Barkly Tableland
Mitchell grassland
Bluebush
black soil
Cambrian
Dolomite
flock bronzewing pigeon
red-chested button-quail
Australian bustard
pictorella mannikin
traditional owners
Wambaya people
dreamtime
Pastoralists
stock route

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