Ned’s Corner

In 2003, the Trust for Nature was able to acquire Ned’s Corner, a large property west of Mildura with a 35km frontage to the Murray River. The property had previously been used as a sheep station, and was seriously degraded, but still represented a very important remnant of the original native flora and fauna. Latrobe University has a campus at Mildura with a strong emphasis on environmental studies, and was very interested in using Ned’s Corner as a field station for its students. To facilitate this the Trust wanted to convert the homestead, which was rather rundown, into a centre for environmental studies, with working areas and accommodation for the students. In 2004, Cybec Foundation agreed to pay the cost of refurbishing the homestead.