Centennial Parklands
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ESBS
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (ESBS) is listed as an endangered ecological community in NSW under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. ESBS exists only in Sydney and has been reduced to approximately138 ha, less than 3% of its pre-1788 distribution.
Prior to European contact, much of the eastern Sydney peninsula was vegetated with ESBS. There are four sites within Centennial Parklands which contain endangered bushland known as ESBS - the Bird Sanctuary, the Kensington Ponds remnant and the Lone Xanthorroea near Randwick Gates in Centennial Park, and a fourth site at York Road, Queens Park.
Conservation works have been undertaken at several of these sites since 2004. In June 2008, NSW the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) recognised the Trust’s ESBS restoration sites at the Bird Sanctuary and York Road as best practice Threatened Species Demonstration Sites.
The Centennial Parklands Foundation, with assistance from Trust staff, successfully submitted a grant application for $22,000 to fund further restoration works on the two sites at best practice standard to promote and educate best practice methods to local landholders with ESBS remnants.
An Open Day will be held in October 2008, and best practice guidelines and a brochure will be produced for the ESBS community, using Centennial Parklands as a case study.
This recognition is an endorsement of the quality work of our dedicated volunteers, and would not have been possible without the support of the National Trust in providing supervision of volunteers and financial assistance from our neighbours, Moriah College and the Commonwealth Government’s Envirofund.
