Myall Lakes National Park
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| Myall Lakes National Park New South Wales | |
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 Beach at Myall Lakes National Park, NSW | |
| Established | 1972 |
| Area | 448 km2 (173.0 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales) |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
Myall Lakes National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 188 kilometres (117 mi) northeast of Sydney. It surrounds the scenic Myall Lakes, and includes Broughton Island.
History
The Worimi Aboriginal people had inhabited the Myall Lakes National Park land area for it's abundance of natural resources. These natural resources had offered a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle for the Worimi people. The park includes important spiritual sites that are an important part of the identity of local Aboriginal people. Dark Point Aboriginal Place served as a location for the Worimi people to gather together for ceremonies and feasts and has been of significance to Worimi people for at least 4000 years. [1]
Environment
Myall Lakes National Park incorporates a patchwork of freshwater lakes, the ocean, islands, native flora, dense littoral rainforest and beaches. The lakes support a large variety of birds including bowerbirds, white-bellied sea eagle and tawny frogmouths. [2]
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See also
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- ^ "Myall Lakes National Park". NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Dragicevich, Peter (August 2014). East Coast Australia (5th ed.). Printed in China: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. pp. 126–127. ISBN 9781 74220 425 3.
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