Donors have pledged more than $19 million toward Wooroora station

Bush Heritage Australia has raised more than $19 million in private donations toward buying Wooroora, a cattle station of more than 20,000 hectares on Jirrbal country about 100 kilometres south-west of Cairns. The Guardian reported on October 29, 2026, that the group hopes to complete the purchase by Christmas. It is not bought yet.

The station links wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland and borders Bush Heritage's 43,575-hectare Yourka Reserve. Cassowaries and tree-kangaroos are among at least 12 threatened species already recorded there, and the Guardian said it is the northernmost refuge for koalas. Chief executive Rachel Lowry said the $24.7 million figure covers the purchase and the first five years of management, and that fundraising has run for more than 18 months. She called it the organisation's most ambitious single acquisition in 35 years.

The money reported so far is donations, not a completed transfer of the land. What the station holds after a sale will depend on the management that follows.