Warby Range State Park

Warby Range State Park
Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Warby Range State Park
Nearest town or city Glenrowan
Coordinates 36°13′06″S 146°10′52″E / 36.2184°S 146.1812°E / -36.2184; 146.1812Coordinates: 36°13′06″S 146°10′52″E / 36.2184°S 146.1812°E / -36.2184; 146.1812
Established 1978
Area 114.6 km2 (44.2 sq mi)
Managing authorities Parks Victoria
Website Warby Range State Park
See also Protected areas of Victoria

Warby Range State Park was a Victorian state park just north of Glenrowan. In 2010 the park became part of the newly declared Warby-Ovens National Park.[1][2] It is 11,460 hectares (28,300 acres) in area, and named after Ben Warby, a pastoralist who settled in the area in 1844. There is one camping ground, "Whenams".

History

The 400 m rocky escarpments are believed to have been used by the Kelly gang as a lookout. In 2002, the park was expanded to include the state forest of Killawarra as part of a program of protecting Box-Ironbark forests.[3]

Environment

The park is part of the Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of Box-Ironbark forest ecosystems and several species of threatened woodland birds dependent on them.[4]

References

  1. "Warby Range State Park", Official website (Parks Victoria), retrieved 2012-01-29
  2. Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 2012-01-29
  3. http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/EE53E20E4F7CFC15CA25728F0019086E/$File/WARBY.pdf
  4. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-11-20.


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