Koala Woman Says Probably the second or third NSW electorate from which koalas disappeared 200 years ago. The railway to Parramatta was completed in 1856 and Koalas were probably gone when subdivision started in earnest in 1867.Member for ReidMs Sally Sitou MP...

Koala Woman Says Who knows what used to live in the native forests that are now gone? Clearing for farming began in the 1850s and it’s possible Koalas were here at least up until after WW2 when rapid population increase occurred and the last remaining patches of bush...

Koala Woman Says This electorate already had little bush left when development took off in the early 1900s and any remaining land was covered by housing after WW2. We are not sure if there were ever any Koalas here but we see no reason why not, it was originally...

Koala Woman Says Ryde was settled in the 1790s and there was still logging at Carlingford up until the 1920s. Farming was still a major land use until after WW2 when housing development began in earnest. I am confident Koalas used to roam these forests until then....

Koala Woman Says This area had a large logging industry up until the 1850s and is a good example of the best land with the best timber being cleared. Koalas get pushed into poorer-quality habitat where they may survive in far fewer numbers for a couple of decades but...

Koala Woman Says I don’t think anyone really knows how many koalas there were at the time of white settlement but there were certainly some, the last Koala record is from 1989 in Oatley where urban development began first in the 1920s. We look forward to Historical...

Koala Woman Says Campsie in this electorate was developed for timber and firewood in the 1820s, and an old sketch from 1883 shows Canterbury Road cutting through eucalypt woodland, about the time that Ashfield Railway Station opened and extensive subdivision occurred....

Koala Woman Says Hurstville and Kogarah were opened up for vegetable farming to supply Sydney in the 1820s, so there hasn’t been many Koala food trees since then, and certainly not enough for Koalas to live on. You have to wonder what lived in the 99% of the...

Koala Woman Says This area was originally sandy and swampy, and wasn’t developed until the early 1900s. There would have been good Koala habitat around the swamp fringes. Who knows how much habitat was originally here or whether there were koalas?  What I do know, is...

Koala Woman Says Most of this electorate is Ku-ring-gai National Park with really infertile soils – hard country - but there have been four recorded sightings in the last 15 years just north of Terry Hills so there will still be some there. Anecdotal reports suggest...