Koala Park Sanctuary, Wildlife sanctuary in West Pennant Hills, Sydney, Australia.

Koala Park Sanctuary is a 10-acre wildlife park in West Pennant Hills, Sydney, opened in 1930 by Noel Burnet. It is a walk-through park where most animals are kept behind wire and cage-style enclosures, set in a rainforest-like area. The collection includes koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, emus, dingoes, echidnas, little penguins, peacocks and native birds.

Noel Burnet began building the sanctuary in the 1920s and opened it in October 1930 on a 40-acre allotment across Castle Hill Road, without government subsidies. He had watched koalas being killed for the fur trade and founded the park to protect them. It bred sixty koalas in its first eleven years and claims to be the first sanctuary to breed koalas in captivity.

The Stockman's Camp, a live sheep-shearing exhibition held at various times through the day, also includes billy tea drinking presentations that recount Australian bush stories. Visitors may handle animals under the Queensland Code of Practice for koala handling time.

The 10-acre park is a walk-through site where most animals sit behind wire and cage-style enclosures, so plan a route past the koala enclosures and the research hospital. Koala handling follows the Queensland Code of Practice, which limits holding time. The grounds lie off Castle Hill Road in West Pennant Hills, on Sydney's northern edge.

The koala research hospital opened with the park in 1930, treating sick and injured native animals and releasing them back into the wild. It is open to the public and explains the problems koalas face living close to humans. The park bred sixty koalas in its first eleven years and calls itself the first sanctuary to breed koalas in captivity.