Northern Yilgarn

Northern Yilgarn is an area at the juncture of the Shire of Yilgarn, Shire of Menzies and Shire of Coolgardie in Western Australia, north of Koolyanobbing.

It is an area with rich mineral deposits, including Uranium[1]

It also lies at the area located east of the eastern Wheatbelt region, and is a significant area for reserves[2][3][4]

Existing or proposed reserves include:

  • Jaurdi Conservation Park[5]
  • Helena and Aurora Range Nature reserve[6]
  • Mount Manning Nature Reserve
  • Die Hardy/Jackson/Windarling Range Nature Reserve
  • Mount Elvire Conservation Park

Notes
  1. "Excalibur Mining". excaliburmining.com.au.
  2. "Northern Yilgarn Conservation Reserves". ExplorOz.
  3. "WA Country Hour". abc.net.au.
  4. http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/250/1590/
  5. Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (2006), Northern Yilgarn (Mt Manning Range Nature Reserve, Mt Elvire and Jaurdi) Conservation Reserves management plan : Management plan newsletter : edition 1 (February 2006), Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 25 February 2015
  6. Chapman, Andrew; Lyons, Michael N (1997), A biological survey of the Helena and Aurora Range, eastern goldfields, Western Australia, Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 25 February 2015


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