However the range has expanded .
Contemporary accounts give range 's distribution as eastern Australia from central and south - east Queensland extending inland to south - east South Australia , and to the coast south to the Tuggerah Lakes , New South Wales .
However the range has expanded , and contemporary accounts give its distribution as eastern Australia from central and south - east Queensland extending inland to south - east South Australia , and to the coast south to the Tuggerah Lakes , New South Wales .