Editing The Lakes National Park (section)

==Location and features==
The {{convert|2390|ha|acre|adj=on}}<ref name=pn>{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/315650/Park-note-The-Lakes-National-Park.pdf|title=The Lakes National Park: Park notes|department=[[Parks Victoria]]|publisher=[[Victoria State Government|Government of Victoria]]|date=August 2012|accessdate=15 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116223857/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/315650/Park-note-The-Lakes-National-Park.pdf|archivedate=16 January 2014}}</ref> park is set on the east shore of the [[Gippsland Lakes]], fringed by the waters of Lake Victoria and Lake Reeve.<ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=59786&cmd=sp|title=The Lakes National Park|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|accessdate=15 January 2014 }}</ref> The park includes Sperm Whale Head peninsula and [[Rotamah Island|Rotamah]] and Little Rotamah Islands. The park is managed by [[Parks Victoria]] jointly with the [[traditional owners]], the [[Gunai people|Gunaikurnai]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/the-lakes-national-park/joint-management |title=Joint management |department=The Lakes National Park |publisher=[[Parks Victoria]] |accessdate=15 January 2014 }}</ref>

An area of {{convert|1451|ha|acre}} was initially set aside as a [[nature reserve]] in 1927, with the park proclaimed in 1956. Rotamah Island and Little Rotamah Island were added to the park in 1978.<ref name=heritage/>