Barmah-Millewa Forest

A River Red Gum in Little Rushy Swamp
Photo: Keith Ward

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Australia’s largest River Red Gum forest and the biggest ecosystem of its type in the world

The Barmah–Millewa Forest is the largest River Red Gum forest in Australia, covering 66,000 hectares of floodplain between Tocumwal, Deniliquin and Echuca.

Many threatened native plants, birds, fish and reptiles make this forest and its wetlands their home. Spring floods keep River Red Gums healthy and allow waterbirds to breed and raise their young. It is also an important habitat for native fish.

The Living Murray First step ecological objectives:

• Successful breeding of thousands of colonial waterbirds in at least thee years in ten;
• Healthy vegetation in at least 55% of the area of the forest (including virtually all of the Giant Rush, Moira Grass, River Red Gum forest, and some River Red Gum woodland).

For the Barmah–Millewa Forest Icon Site Management Plan visit the publications page.

Links to other Icon Sites:

• Barmah–Millewa Forest
• Gunbower–Koondrook–Perricoota Forest
• Hattah Lakes
• Chowilla Floodplain and Lindsay–Wallpolla Islands
• Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth
• River Murray Channel