| Windsor Downs Nature Reserve Windsor Downs, New South Wales | |
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 The old meatworks water tower in the Windsor Downs Nature Reserve | |
  Windsor Downs Nature Reserve | |
| Coordinates | 33°38′59″S 150°48′09″E / 33.6498°S 150.8026°E[1] |
| Established | 7 September 1990[1] |
| Area | 3.64 km2 (1.4 sq mi)[1] |
| Visitation | 10,000 (in 1999)[2]: 25 |
| Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Windsor Downs Nature Reserve |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
Windsor Downs Nature Reserve is a protected area established in 1990 by the Government of New South Wales. The nature reserve, which occupies an area of 364 hectares (900 acres), between Windsor Downs and Bligh Park, was established on land formerly owned by the Riverstone Meatworks for the grazing of cattle.[2]: 5 [1]
It is one of the last remains of the Cumberland Plain Woodland, an endangered ecological community exclusive to what is now the western suburbs of Sydney. The nature reserve contains a wide range of flora including a number of Eucalypts as well as the threatened Persoonia nutans and Dillwynia tenuifolia as well as hosting a range of native fauna, including endangered species such as the Regent Honeyeater.
- ^ a b c d e "Terrestrial Protected Areas of New South Wales (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2018. Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy. 2018.
- ^ a b "Castlereagh, Agnes Banks and Windsor Downs Nature Reserves: Plan of Management" (PDF). NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 5 March 1999. pp. 5, 10–11, 14–15, 17, 20, 22 24. ISBN 0-7310-7637-0.