Editing Porongurup National Park (section)

==History==
The Porongurup Range is culturally significant to the [[Mineng]] and [[Koreng]]/Goreng sub-groups of the [[Noongar]] people. Minang man Larry Blight states:<blockquote>This is our most sacred site...Porongurup or "Borrongup" means totem in Noongar — a totem could be an animal or a plant that we inherit from our mother’s and father’s side when we are born.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zadvirna |first=Daryna |date=23 January 2020 |title=Calls for sacred Porongurups to be removed from plans for mountain bike trails |work=Albany Advertiser |url=https://www.albanyadvertiser.com.au/news/albany-advertiser/standing-on-sacred-ground-ng-b881440088z.amp |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref></blockquote>The Porongurup Range was first sighted by Europeans passing near [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]] in 1802 but [[agriculture|farming]] in the surrounding districts did not start until around 1859 when vegetables were first grown on the southern slopes of the range. The giant [[karri]] and [[jarrah]] trees of the range were first harvested for [[timber]] in the 1880s and timber leases did not begin to be withdrawn until 1925. The National Park was not gazetted officially until 1971, with an area of {{convert|1,157|ha}}. This has now been increased to {{convert|2,511|ha}}.