Mount Royal National Park

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

Eucalyptus on a steep ridge near Mount Royal
Mount Royal National Park
Coordinates 32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E / 32.20028°S 151.32361°E / -32.20028; 151.32361Coordinates: 32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E / 32.20028°S 151.32361°E / -32.20028; 151.32361
Established 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01)[1]
Area 69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Website Mount Royal National Park
See also Protected areas of
New South Wales

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.

The park is part of the Barrington Tops group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986[2] and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Royal National Park". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.


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