Editing Mount Field National Park (section)

==History==
Mount Field National Park was founded in 1916, making it, along with [[Freycinet National Park]], Tasmania's oldest national park. 

The area around Russell Falls has been protected for its natural beauty since 1885, when it was set aside as Tasmania's first nature reserve.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Kiernan, Kevin | title=Eroding the edges of nature : Mount Field and the Florentine Valley : Tasmania's first national park and a century of lessons | publication-date=2018 | publisher=Fullers Publishing | isbn=978-0-648-21802-9 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2728 |title=Parks and Wildlife Service, Introduction |access-date=8 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612004243/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2728 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The last known wild [[thylacine]] was captured in the region in 1933. The reserve was called "National Park" before 1946, but was officially renamed to its present name in 1947.<ref name="buckman">{{cite book|last=Buckman|first=Greg|title=Tasmania's Wilderness Battles: A History|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2008|isbn=9781741754643}}</ref>