Australia's Koala Regions

The Australian koalas thrive at the Eastern and Southern regions of the Australian continent. Wild koalas live at the four major states within Eastern and Southern regions which include the Queensland, the Victoria, the New South Wales and the South Australia. Koalas are usually populated around the coastal regions within these states. Furthermore; these 4 states to a greater extent offer perfect habitat for the koalas to live. According to the Australian Koala Foundation, there are as many as 85,000 koalas within these regions.

The Australian koala lives at the 4 major regions of Australia which include the Queensland, the New South Wales, the Victoria and the South Australia.

Other Australian regions such as the Western Australian, the Northern territory and the Tasmania has no signs of koala population. The environment within these Australian regions is not suitable for the koalas. However; koalas are so popular across Australia that zoos and animal sanctuaries within all the major regions have koalas for its visitors. Therefore, the captive koalas are quite widespread throughout Australian regions.

The state of Victoria in Australia has the maximum numbers of koala population. It is estimated that around 28,000 koalas live in this region. The koalas from the Victorian state enjoy the best and the dense habitat as compared to the other states. This is the key reason that the koalas from this region are the biggest ones as compared to the other 3 states where the koalas live.

The Australia's Victorian state has the maximum numbers of koalas i.e., 28,000. The Corangamite, Indi, Murray and the Wannon are one of the famous areas from Victoria with maximum numbers of koalas.

Victoria's densely populated areas of koalas include the Corangamite, Indi, Murray and the Wannon. The Victorian koala weighs around 10 to 14 kilograms in weight. Moreover; the color of the fur of the Victorian koala is different than the other koalas i.e., the Victorian koala has a chocolate brown colored fur while the koalas from the other regions have light-grey colored fur.

The Australia's Queensland state is on the second spot, when it comes to the total numbers of koalas. Queensland once had the maximum numbers of koalas but today just 24,000 koalas are living in the region. Densely populated areas of koalas within the State of the Queensland include the Maranoa, Flynn, Capricornia and the Herbert etc. Researchers have estimated that Queensland has almost lost more than 80% of its koala population from the last decade or so.

Queensland is the second biggest area of Australia which has maximum numbers of koalas. Today about 24,000 koalas live within the Queensland region.

Deforestation, Habitat loss, rapid urbanization, agriculture, Chlamydia and droughts are to blame for the decline of the koala population within the Queensland. The koalas from the Queensland region are a bit different than their Victorian cousins. They are light grey in color and their sizes are also smaller than the Victorian koalas. Queensland koalas merely weigh around 7kg to 9 kg in weight.

South Australia is the third most dominant koala populated area of Australia with almost 19,000 koalas in this region. Mayo is the most densely populated area in this region while other densely populated areas include the Boothby and the Sturt. The Mayo area of the South Australian, is the largest single region within any Australian state to have maximum numbers of koalas i.e., more than 12,000 in numbers.

The South Australian state has as many as 19,000 koalas. Its most densely populated koala area is Mayo which has more than 12,000 koalas.

The koalas in the South Australian region also have the chocolate brown colored fur. The size of the South Australian koalas are also bigger than the Queensland koalas. They usually weigh around 10 to 14 kilograms in terms of their weights. The koalas in this region are often threatened by the bushfire which almost destroys their natural habitat i.e., the Eucalyptus leaves.

The fourth and last state to have significant numbers of koalas is the New South Wales. The state of New South Wales has more than 16,000 koalas in its various regions. Famous areas to have koalas within New South Wales include the Cowper, New England, Parkes and the Lyne. All of these areas have as in between 2000 to 3000 koalas.

The state of the New South Wales has as many as 16,000 koalas within the region. Koalas in this region are the most threatened and the endangered ones and with current trends it may become extinct by 2050.

Recently; the koalas in some areas of this state have become extinct as well while others are also threatened as well. The koalas from the New South Wales are the most threatened and endangered ones in Australia. According to the estimates, if the current trends continued the koala from the state of New South Wales will be extinct by 2050.

Since koalas natively belongs to the Australian continent, it is believed that not so long ago the koalas were widespread throughout the continent of Australia. Except for the Northern Territory and the Tasmania, the koala fossils have been found within the Western Australia , Southern Australia, Victoria and the New South Wales.

Koalas were once widespread throughout the continent of Australian. Western Australia which doesn't have a single wild koala today was a home to a great numbers of koala population too.

However; it is thought that the habitat loss with the passage of time contributed towards the demise of the koalas within Western Australia. Even recently a few centuries ago (1799), there were about 10 million koalas within Eastern, Central and Southern regions of Australia. However; the unprecedented hunting for the sake of their fur minimized the koala population from 10 million to just a few hundred thousand.