Hilliger National Park is a national park in the South West region of

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, south of

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. It is located in the

Shire of Nannup The Shire of Nannup is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth and southeast of the coastal resort town of Busselton. Its seat of government is the town of Nannup ...

, with the Milyeannup National Park bordering to the north and the Easter National Park to the east. The park is located in the

Jarrah Forest Jarrah forest is tall open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is ''Eucalyptus marginata'' (jarrah). The ecosystem occurs only in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia. It is most common in the biogeographic region named in ...

and

Warren A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Angl ...

bioregions. Hilliger National Park was created as Class A reserve No. 47668 on 30 November 2004 with a size of as one of nine national parks proclaimed in the state that day. The national park was named after Johannes Hilliger, a former employee of the Forests Department, who died fighting a bushfire at Barlee Brook in 1958. The Wiltshire-Butler National Park, further to the north-west, was named John Francis Wiltshire-Butler for the same reason, having also died fighting the 1958 fire.

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{{National Parks of Western Australia National parks of Western Australia Protected areas established in 2004 South West (Western Australia) 2004 establishments in Australia IUCN Category II Jarrah Forest Warren bioregion