Wirrimbirra Sanctuary

The David G. Stead Memorial Wild Life Research Foundation of Australia (or Stead Wildlife Foundation) was established in 1963 as a memorial to David G. Stead - and one of Australia's pioneer conservationists. The Foundation boasts a list of leading conservationists as supporters and board members. The Stead Foundation is a project based organisation. Its first and most enduring project is Wirrimbirra Sanctuary established in 1963. This legacy continues in projects for advocacy, education and heritage through community engagement.

The Stead Foundation receives no ongoing funding and relies on grants, donations and bequests.

Wirrimbirra Sanctuary is a property of the National Trust of Australia (NSW), established in Macarthur, New South Wales and managed as a wildlife refuge by the Stead Foundation. Created in the 1960s by Thistle Stead to preserve the native 'Bargo Brush' and promote education and propagation of Australian native plants, Wirrimbirra operates as a flora and fauna reserve, native plant nursery, education and research centre, listed on the NSW State Heritage Register

Wirrimbirra has about 95 hectares of preserved native bush and gardens. Wandering the paths of the sanctuary, including the Fauna Protection Area, for encounters with endangered species and plants from around Australia. You will also see wallabies, kangaroos, emus and maybe echidnas, possums, a wide variety of birds and other native animals in natural habitats. The sanctuary has walking trails, an environmental studies centre, visitors centre, native plant nursery and picnic areas. The environmental studies centre (known as a field studies centre at the time of creation) was established with the support of the Gould League who helped raise funds for the first classroom on the site.

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