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The French Island Marine National Park is a
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Western Port Western Port, (Boonwurrung: ''Warn Marin'') commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is do ...
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. The marine park extends along the north shore of French Island and protects a range of habitats including seagrass beds, mangroves and intertidal mud flats.


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Protected areas of Victoria Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. it contained separate protected areas with a total land area of (17.26% of the state's area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling (11.32% of the state's area). The parks are man ...
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List of national parks of Australia This is a list of national parks within Australia that are managed by Australian, state and territory governments. The name may be a misnomer: nearly all parks are land owned and managed by the states and territories rather than the national go ...
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Parks Victoria Parks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia. Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority, reporting to the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The ''Parks Victoria Ac ...


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Parks in unincorporated areas of Victoria (state) Marine parks in Victoria (state) Ramsar sites in Australia Phillip Island Western Port {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub