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Mount Buangor State Park

Mount Buangor State Park
Victoria
Mount Buangor State Park, October 2016
Mount Buangor State Park is located in Victoria
Mount Buangor State Park
Mount Buangor State Park
Nearest town or cityArarat
Coordinates37°19′43″S 143°13′21″E / 37.32849°S 143.2226°E / -37.32849; 143.2226
Established1989
Area24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesParks Victoria
WebsiteMount Buangor State Park
See alsoProtected areas of Victoria

Mount Buangor State Park is located 60 kilometres west of Ballarat, Victoria in Bayindeen.[1][2][3] The 2400-hectare park takes in varied eucalypt forest, creek flats, a waterfall, steep escarpments, and the area's highest peak, Mount Buangor (987 m.). The park contains a 15 km network of walking trails.[4]

The eucalypt trees include Yarra gums, manna gums, blue gums, messmates, narrow-leaved peppermint gums, snow gums and red stringybarks, as well as large tree ferns. More than 130 species of birds have been recorded in the Mount Cole State Forest, which includes the park. Fauna includes echidnas, eastern grey kangaroos, wallabies, possums, gliders and bats, as well as introduced deer.

The local Aboriginal people were the Beeripmo Balug clan of the Djab Wurrung tribe. Mount Buangor was previously known as Flagstaff Hill and was reported to have been visited by the explorer Thomas Mitchell during the 1830s. There were a number of sawmills in the area in the 19th century.

References

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  1. ^ "Mount Buangor State Park", Official website, Parks Victoria, retrieved 29 January 2012
  2. ^ "Mount Buangor Park visitor guide" (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, November 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012, retrieved 29 January 2012
  3. ^ Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 29 January 2012
  4. ^ "Mount Buangor State Park". Visit Melbourne. Tourism Victoria. Retrieved 25 July 2011.


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