Editing Taunton National Park (section)

===Park establishment===
In 1973 a bridled nail-tail wallaby was sighted on a cattle property named 'Taunton' and reported by a fencing contractor.<ref name=Rediscovery />  There had been reports of a significant decline in the wallabies population numbers during the early 1900s with no recorded sightings since the 1930s, and subsequently the species had been presumed extinct.<ref name=Demography /><ref name=Rediscovery />  Following this sighting, Taunton was purchased in 1979 and established as a scientific reserve, solely to ensure the protection and survival of the endangered wallaby.<ref name=DERM /><ref name=wallabydiet1 />  Then in 1984, another cattle property 'Red Hill', situated adjacent to Taunton, was added to the reserve and the whole area later became officially named 'Taunton National Park'.<ref name=DERM /><ref name=wallabydiet1 />