Richmond Range is a
national park
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...
located in
New South Wales
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Australia, north of
Sydney. It is located north of the
Bruxner Highway in the southern portion of the Richmond Range mountains, part of the
Great Dividing Range. The Park is co-managed by the Githabul People who have inhabited the region for thousands of years. It is home to Australia's World Heritage Area of Cambridge Plateau and Bungdoozle area rainforests. It consists of various endangered species of animals such as the
golden-tipped bat,
Parma wallabies
The parma wallaby (''Notamacropus parma'') is a small, hopping, kangaroo-like mammal native to forests of southeastern Australia. About the size of a stout cat, it lives in dense shrub and is only active at night to feed on grasses and small plan ...
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spotted-tailed quoll and
long-nosed potoroos.
The average winter temperature in the park is 15°C, and the summer 25°C.
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 separ ...
References
External links
Photo gallery of the park
National parks of New South Wales
Protected areas established in 1997
1997 establishments in Australia
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