Wombat Legends

Who should we support next?

These charities are all on the front line — rescuing, healing and protecting wombats across Australia. Visit their pages to learn more and make a direct donation.

Your support for Wombat Games funding round 1 goes to
— not chosen yet (target still to be reached) —

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary

A Tasmanian sanctuary rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing native wildlife — wombats included — and running a 24-hour wildlife rescue service.

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Cedar Creek Wombat Rescue

Frontline rescue and mange treatment, raising joeys and releasing healthy wombats back to safe habitat.

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Goongerah Wombat Orphanage

A Far East Gippsland orphanage raising orphaned, sick and injured wombats — many who've lost their mums to road collisions — for release back to the wild.

Majors Creek Wombat Refuge

A self-funded, volunteer-run refuge at Majors Creek in NSW rescuing injured wombats and hand-raising orphaned joeys for release back to the wild.

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Mudgeroo Wombat & Wildlife Refuge

A family-run refuge on the NSW South Coast rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wombats, macropods and other native animals.

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Narbeview Wildlife Shelter

A Buxton, Victoria shelter caring mainly for native wombats, plus birds, possums, sugar gliders and other wildlife in need.

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Prom Coast Wildlife Care

Volunteer wildlife carers around Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, rescuing and raising local wombats and other native animals.

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Sleepy Burrows Sanctuary

A dedicated wombat sanctuary caring for orphaned, injured and mange-affected wombats until they can return to the wild.

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Wildlife Rescue (WIRES)

Round-the-clock wildlife rescue and care, including wombats caught in bushfire, road and habitat emergencies.

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Wombat Awareness Organisation

A South Australian group dedicated to the southern hairy-nosed wombat — rescue, mange treatment, research and habitat care.

The Wombat Foundation

Queensland-based, and Australia's only NGO dedicated solely to saving the critically endangered Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat — funding research, habitat and fieldwork.

Wombat Protection Society

Rescue, rehabilitation and advocacy for wombats across Australia, plus research into sarcoptic mange.

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Wombat Rescue

Canberra-region rescue focused on treating sarcoptic mange and raising orphaned bare-nosed wombats for release.

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Wombat Rescue Tasmania

Rescue, care and mange treatment for Tasmania's bare-nosed wombats, plus raising and releasing orphaned joeys.

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Wombats SA

A Natural History Society of South Australia group working to protect and monitor the state's hairy-nosed wombats.