Editing Baw Baw National Park (section)

==History==
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Baw Baw National Park are the [[Wurundjeri]] people of the [[Kulin nation]]. Through their cultural traditions, the [[Gunai people|Gunai]]kurnai people identify the Baw Baw National Park as their traditional country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/baw-baw-national-park|title=Baw Baw National Park|department=[[Parks Victoria]]|publisher=Government of Victoria|access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>

The area was first explored by Europeans in 1860 by botanist [[Ferdinand von Mueller]],<ref name="ahb" /> and he named the peaks Mount Mueller and Mount Erica after himself. Mueller also used this trip as a way to clarify his theories about the similarities and differences in vegetation in Tasmania and Victoria.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Australian Alps National Park |url=https://theaustralianalpsnationalparks.org/#}}</ref> The area was settled in the 1880s and 1890s, after the discovery of gold in the area. Baw Baw National Park was declared in April 1979. On 7 November 2008 the park was added to the [[Australian National Heritage List]] as one of eleven areas constituting the [[Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/australian-alps/index.html |title=Australian Alps National Parks information |access-date=10 June 2010 |publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts }}</ref> The Baw Baw National Park represents the southerly extent of the sub-alpine environment on mainland Australia.<ref name="ahb">{{cite web |date=7 November 2008 |title=Baw Baw National Park |url=https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/baw-baw-national-park |access-date=9 August 2014 |work=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=[[Department of the Environment (Australia)|Department of the Environment]], Australian Government}}</ref>