Middle Brother National Park is a protected area of 1830 hectares, situated in the

Mid North Coast The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region covers the mid northern coast of the state, beginning from Port Stephens north of Sydney, and extending as far north as Woolgoolg ...

region of

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. The nearest large town is Laurieton. The high rainfall and volcanic soils produce outstanding

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forest and

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. Large

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and Blackbutt grow in sheltered areas. The national park was formed to protect the two largest (by volume) coastal black beech trees - Bird Tree and Benaroon. Scientists believe that the bird tree is over 300 years old. It reaches an impressive size of 69 meters in height and 11 meters in circumference of the tree. For members of the Aboriginal people of Birpai, who are the

traditional owners Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have rights ...

of the land, Middle Brother National Park has significant cultural importance.

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National parks of New South Wales Forests of New South Wales 1999 establishments in Australia Mid North Coast {{NewSouthWales-protected-area-stub

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