Koala Woman Says I don’t know much about this electorate except that Vaucluse was developed very early on, beginning in about 1810. After about 1940 the only vegetation left was at Cooper Park, where a remnant of good Koala habitat remains. We don’t know if Koalas...

Koala Woman Says There may not have even been many Koalas here because of poor habitat quality and the best land had been rapidly cleared for farming by 1800 so this would be the first area koalas disappeared from, over 200 years ago.Member for SydneyThe Hon Tanya...

Koala Woman Says This electorate would have had hundreds of Koalas and now they are gone. The last sighting was at Manly Reservoir in 1960.Member for Warringah Ms Zali Steggall OAM, MP Independent Zali.Steggall.MP@aph.gov.au @zalisteggall PO Box 450 Manly NSW 2095Will...

Koala Woman Says Imagine what this area would have looked like at white settlement. Lane Cove was a major source of timber in the early 1800s, but was not extensively developed for housing until after WW2. Hunters Hill was first settled in 1835 and there is a dubious...

Koala Woman Says Koalas are generally only found on the western fringes of this electorate in close proximity to the Chermside Hills Reserve. This is not an isolated population; Cabbage Tree Creek connects it to other patches of bush so there is opportunity for...

Koala Woman Says This electorate stretching from Noosa to Maryborough was the scene of many Koala deaths in the days of the fur trade, the Maryborough Chronicle (14th November 1900) noted that “thousands of koalas have been killed in the Wide Bay and Burnett District...

Koala Woman Says This electorate stretches from the northern Brisbane suburbs of Petrie and Albany Creek westwards to Samford, Mount Glorious and Dayboro. There are large patches of habitat is in the west and around Lake Samsonvale, but wild dogs are a major problem...

Koala Woman Says There are lots of records in this electorate, but since 2015 the reporting rate has dropped 30%. There are a few Koalas at Mount Gravatt, however the Pacific Motorway runs right through their habitat. There are still a few left in Capalaba and Wynnum...

Koala Woman Says This electorate covers the City of Redland and includes North Stradbroke Island that has been nominated as a potential “island ark” for Queensland’s Koalas. This is wrong on two counts: the Koalas here lack genetic diversity, and anyway, what happens...

Koala Woman Says Koalas were widespread up until about 2000 but they seem to have disappeared between Kilcoy and the north, with only a couple of sightings in the last 20 years. There are a few around Esk and Marburg. Recent records are in the Fernvale and Rosewood –...