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The Dharug National Park is a
protected Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...
national park that is located in the Central Coast region of
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, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately north of the Sydney central business district and west of . The park contains the Great North Road, one of the eleven
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listed Australian Convict Sites. These eleven sites present the story of the forced migration of convicts and the ideas and practices of punishment and reform of criminals during this time. The relatively intact Devine's Hill and Finch's Line sections of the Old Great North Road, approximately long and contained within the national park, were inscribed on the World Heritage register in July 2010.


Location and features

The park is bounded by the
Yengo National Park The Yengo National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Lower Hunter region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The park is situated northwest of the Sydney central business district, south of , north of , and sou ...
, the
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and Old Great North Roads, McPherson State Forest, private land along Mangrove Creek and the townships of and . The Popran National Park is located on the eastern bank of Mangrove Creek and the Marramarra National Park is located on the southern shore of the Hawkesbury River; making the Dharug National Park, when combined with adjoining parks, a virtually contiguous area of protected national park stretching from in the Hunter Region in the north to in the Hills District in the south. The Dharug National Park lies within the Sydney Basin, a major structural unit of
Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last ...
and
Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
age (270-180 million years ago) consisting almost entirely of horizontally bedded
sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles ...
s. The park lies on the northern margin of the Hornsby Plateau; a subdivision of the Sydney Basin.


Fauna

The park is full of birds and animals that you can meet during the tour. You will be greeted by satin bowerbirds, gang-gang cockatoos and green catbirds.


Etymology

The park derives its name from the
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Darug people The Dharug or Darug people, formerly known as the Broken Bay tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much ...
, who are the traditional custodians of the area.


See also

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Protected areas of New South Wales The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. there are 225 national parks in New South Wales. Based on the Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) 2020 data there are 2136 separat ...


References


External links

* * * * * National parks of New South Wales Central Coast (New South Wales) Protected areas established in 1967 Hawkesbury River Great Dividing Range 1967 establishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-protected-area-stub