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Narmbool is a magnificent and historic pastoral property of 2,000 hectares located at Elaine, just 30 minutes from Ballarat and 90 minutes from Melbourne.Owned and operated by Sovereign Hill, Narmbool is a fascinating example of sustainable farming in a diverse and fragile ecosystem. Narmbool carries some 20,000 sheep depending on the time of year and has long been famed for its fine quality merino wool. With a thousand acres of bushland set aside for conservation, Narmbool provides a habitat for a wide range of flora and fauna. There are platypus in Williamsons Creek and kangaroos, koalas and Australian native birds abound. This space is a project that sets about identifying and naming the diverse wildlife at Narmbool using [|Linnaean Taxonomy] to demonstrate how successful farming can be sustained in partnership with our environment. Students that have, or will visit Narmbool can use this site to identify animals of interest for further study at school. To navigate, first click the link to [|Linnaean Taxonomy]to get an ideas of how and why we classify living organisms, then follow the classification system to those that interest you most. Alternatively you can visit the Index to go straight to any animals of interest. = = =Kingdom; Animalia= Animals are multicelular organisms. Most animals can move spontaneously and independently. All animals must ingest other organisms or their products to survive.

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