The Langi Ghiran State Park is 14 km east of
Ararat in the state of
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. The park covers an area of 2695 ha.
The park can be used for camping, walking and driving. It has steep granite peaks and gentle sloping open woodland sections. The name Langi Ghiran, a corruption of "Lar-ne-jeering" in the language of the local
Djab Wurrung
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people, means "Home of the Yellow-tailed Black
Cockatoos
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".
Other parks nearby are Mount Buangor to the east and the
Grampians/Gariwerd to the distant west.
History
The first European to climb Mount Langi Ghiran was the explorer
Thomas Mitchell, on his 1836 expedition through "
Australia Felix
Australia Felix (Latin for "fortunate Australia" or "happy Australia") was an early name given by Thomas Mitchell to lush pasture in parts of western Victoria he explored in 1836 on his third expedition.
On this expedition Mitchell was instruct ...
". He named it Mount Mistake.
There are two reservoirs in the park, built from blocks of local
granite
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in the 1880s. The main reservoir forms part of the water supply for
Ararat.
A short-lived "spot mill", for processing timber, was built on the northern slopes in 1940, but little evidence remains of its existence.
References
Parks of Grampians (region)
State parks of Victoria (state)
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