Mount_Royal_National_Park

Mount Royal National Park

Mount Royal National Park

Protected area in New South Wales, Australia

This article is about the national park. For the mountain, see Mount Royal (New South Wales). For the mountain range, see Mount Royal Range.

The Mount Royal National Park is a protected national park located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1997, the 6,920-hectare (17,100-acre) park is situated approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) north of Sydney. Sections of the park had been subject to logging, which was disrupted by a blockade in 1989.[2]

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The park is part of the Barrington Tops group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986[3] and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[4]

During the 2019 Australian Bushfire Season, the park was damaged by the ‘Mount Royal 1’ fire.

Major Peaks

Mount Royal is the highest peak at 1,186m.

Pieres Peak is a major peak south of Mount Royal at 986m.

Fauna

The park is home to endangered animal species such as parma wallaby, rufous scrub bird, paradise riflebird, hastings river mouse and the glossy black-cockatoo.

The animals that live here do not seem to have evolved, today they look like their fossil remains.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mount Royal National Park". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    McIntyre, Iain (4 November 2020). "Environmental Blockading in Australia and Around the World - Timeline 1974-1997". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Mount Royal National Park | Learn more". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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