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The article discusses a study on food choices of Victorian brush-tailed rock-wallabies living in East Gippsland, Victoria. The study examined the plants consumed by the wallabies in their 3 colonies, where 63 plant functional groups were evaluated in terms of abundance. Diet composition was studied through a microhistological analysis of faecal pellets containing plant functional groups eaten by wallabies including ferns, monocots, and shrubs. The study found there were differences in diet composition and selection at different habitat sites. It helped demonstrate that brush-tailed rock-wallabies eat a variety of foods, which can help conservationists in increasing preferred plants and aiding in the selection of reintroduction sites.