Editing Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (section)

==History==
In 1915, a sanctuary was formed to protect the beauty of the Hattah lakes. In 1949, ornithologist [[Leslie Gordon Chandler|Les Chandler]] and the Reverend Clarrie Lang formed the Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club (later the Sunraysia Naturalists' Research Trust). Les Chandler was variously its president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and editor. They agitated to have the Hattah-Kulkyne area declared a national park, which was partially achieved in 1960, with the Hattah Lakes area becoming the Hattah Lakes National Park.<ref>Kloot T (1980) Obituary. Leslie Gordon Chandler. ''Emu'' 80, 241-242.  https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9800241</ref><ref>{{Citation 
  | author1=L. C. Chandler
  | title=Walkabout. 
  | year=1934 
  | section=v. : ill., maps.; 34 cm. 
  | issn=0043-0064 
  | series=Rex Nan Kivell Collection
  | issue=Vol. 25 No. 10 (1 October 1959) 
  | location=Melbourne 
  | publisher=Australian National Travel Association 
  | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-747971279
  | id=nla.obj-747971279
  | via=Trove 
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation 
  | author1=Hugh Wilson
  | title=Walkabout. 
  | year=1933 
  | section=v. : ill., maps.; 34 cm. 
  | issn=0043-0064 
  | series=Rex Nan Kivell Collection
  | issue=Vol. 26 No. 4 (1 April 1960) 
  | location=Melbourne 
  | publisher=Australian National Travel Association 
  | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-749128577
  | id=nla.obj-749128577
  | access-date=7 June 2021
  | via=Trove 
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=Victorian National Parks Association | publication-date=1937 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235565975 | access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>Australian Government; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (June, 2011) Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description</ref> The Kulkyne State Forest was added to the national park in 1980, resulting in the creation of the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.<ref name=:0/>