Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
Facts and practical information
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area is an Aboriginal Australian-owned 320,500-hectare pastoral lease, within the MacDonnell Shire area, 300 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 135 kilometres east from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, 100 kilometres south-east of Kings Canyon/Watarrka National Park and 40 kilometres from Mount Ebenezer Roadhouse on the Lasseter Highway. The property is a pastoral lease held by the Imanpa Development Association. ()
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Dingo
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Mammals
Camel
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Mammals
Emu
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Birds
Rufous (Western) Hare-wallaby
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Mammals
Woma python
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Reptiles
Northern Territory