Nyanda

COONEANA OLIVE — IPSWICH’S RAREST PLANT

The Notelaea ipsviciensis exist nowhere else on Earth.

Fewer than 20 plants have ever been recorded in the wild and are confined to a small pocket between Dinmore, Ebbw Vale and New Chum.

First identified in 1976 near the former Cooneana Homestead, the original population was destroyed before it could be properly studied. It was later rediscovered in the 1980s.
Small. Unassuming. Easy to miss.

Its survival now depends on active conservation, led by Ipswich City Council and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

Not available for sale. Not replaceable.

In a city of half a million people, fewer than 20 remain.

Still here, just.

Disclaimer

Information is based on publicly available conservation data and may change as monitoring continues.

Population numbers are approximate.

Images are for illustrative purposes only and may not depict exact plants or locations.

This species is protected therefore locations are not publicly disclosed and plants are not available for general purchase or collection.

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Thank you to the staff of UQ’s and conservation partnerships team for arranging a jammed packed day of knowledge and skills sharing on day 2 of Nyanda’s junior ranger camp.

Junior rangers got to see everyday conservation activities in action including koala spotting, w**d and vegetation management, as well as a variety of native fauna species in the research centre (the super cute bettong and sugar gliders were a group favourite). Our junior ranger coordinator Lucinda was smitten with the sugar gliders 😍 🙄

Students were also shown how to use app to identify flora and fauna species, as well as how members of the conservation team are managing feral animal species in the region 🖤💛❤️🙌🏽

After the language class delivered by Wirrinyah, Nyanda’s junior ranger camp rounded out day 1 with further cultural activities of dance, yidaki, fire-making and art.

Thanks to Aaron, Lyreisha and Lakota for sticking around and leading the jarjums through a great day of learning 💪🏽🙌🏽
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Day 1 of Nyanda’s junior ranger camp at was kickstarted by a welcome to country from Yugara man uncle Aaron Thompson and a language class delivered by his nieces Lakota and Lyreisha.

After some initial nerves the jarjums (children) grew in confidence and by the end of the lesson were able to use full sentences describing their family network.