Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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#SanctuarySpotlight: Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary

📏 Size: 300,060 hectares
🗺️ Location: Southwest Kimberley
❤️ Traditional owners: The Ngarinyin People
🐨 Threatened wildlife: 10 species

Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary is a refuge for northern Australia’s biodiversity in the heart of the Kimberley, on Wilinggin Country.

Spanning 300,060 hectares, it supports a rich variety of habitats including rainforest pockets, savannah woodlands, semi-deciduous vine-thickets, mangroves, salt flats, and inland wetlands.

📹 B Leue/AWC