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Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
Land donated to NPWS by Byron Shire Council to whom it had been donated by Andrew Johnston for the purpose of preservation.
Description
A nature reserve located about 3 km NE from the Village of Clunes and about 2km SW from the locality of Eureka.
Origin
Andrew Johnston in compliance with a condition of the land transfer and Big Scrub after the area of rainforest that once covered the coastal plain east of Lismore. Andrew Johnston was the person who protected the area.
Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve (RESERVE), NSW
| title | Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve (RESERVE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 72668 |
| placename | Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve |
| designation | RESERVE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Andrew Johnston Nature Reserve; The Andrew Johnston Memorial Big Scrub Nature Reserve |
| lga | BYRON |
| description | A nature reserve located about 3 km NE from the Village of Clunes and about 2km SW from the locality of Eureka. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Andrew Johnston in compliance with a condition of the land transfer and Big Scrub after the area of rainforest that once covered the coastal plain east of Lismore. Andrew Johnston was the person who protected the area. |
| history | Land donated to NPWS by Byron Shire Council to whom it had been donated by Andrew Johnston for the purpose of preservation. |
