Newhaven was bought originally by Birds Australia (now Birdlife Australia) I think around 2000 and then later sold to Australian Wildlife Conservancy, they are both private charities that do a lot of good work for conservation, despite selling Birdlife Australia still has an interest in Newhaven and sponsors some research, Newhaven is where the previously thought extinct (not seen for 60 years) Night Parrot was first seen.
The original Newhaven homestead is now off limits to visitors due to an old Buffel Grass infestation which they are trying to control. Buffel grass is a weed easily spread by vehicles. The new Sanctuary Headquarters is quite large and not far from the very nice campground which has good bore water and composting toilets and showers.
https://www.australianwildlife.org/sanctuaries/newhaven/
Feral animals have been well controlled, including camels; we did not see any on Newhaven. The huge 10,000 hectare predator free area is home to black footed rock wallabies and a thriving reintroduced population of Marla, plus lots of native threatened animals. They eliminated all cats, foxes (and even dingos) inside the fenced area. They plan to build a much larger predator free area of about 100,000 hectares. Newhaven is really becoming an important sanctuary for many of our threatened native animals.
https://www.australianwildlife.org/newhaven-wildlife-sanctuary-stage-1-declared-feral-free/
Newhaven provides jobs for locals and supports really important scientific work. Newhaven Sanctuary is a great project for our future. We really enjoyed our visit.
