Editing Walpole-Nornalup National Park (section)

==History==
The [[traditional owners]] of the area are the [[Murrum]]<ref name=manji>{{cite web|url=https://www.manjimup.wa.gov.au/our-shire/our-people-and-heritage/Pages/Our-Indigenous-heritage.aspx|title=Our indigenous heritage|date=7 August 2017|access-date=14 December 2018|publisher=[[Shire of Manjimup]]}}</ref><ref name=100years/> of the [[Mineng|Minang]] peoples of the larger [[Noongar]] group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.followmyride.com.au/view/what-you-will-see/munda-biddi-aborigines|title=Aborigines|access-date=13 December 2018|publisher=Followmyride}}</ref> who have inhabited the region for over 30,000 years.<ref name=manji/>

The park is named after the nearby town of Walpole which in turn honours William Walpole, who served alongside [[James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)|James Stirling]] on HMS ''[[HMS Warspite (1807)|Warspite]]'' in 1809. The Noongar peoples know the area as Nor-Nor-Nup, meaning the place of the black snake, which was anglicised as Nornalup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/trip-planner/track-towns/walpole/|title=Walpole|access-date=13 December 2018|publisher=Bibbulmun Track Foundation|year=2018}}</ref>

The explorer [[William Nairne Clark]] visited the area in 1841 and sailed up the [[Frankland River (Western Australia)|Frankland River]]. The botanist and explorer [[Ferdinand von Mueller]] explored the area in 1877.T he Bellanger family were the first European settlers to arrive in the area in 1910, settling alongside the Frankland River and building a homestead in 1914.
The park was first declared in 1910 when [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]] the Minister of Lands and Agriculture visited the area and was so impressed with the beauty that he set aside {{cvt|370|ha|acre}} for conservation as an A-class reserve. Another portion west of the Irwin Inlet was declared as a reserve in 1912 and later absorbed into the park.<ref name=100years>{{cite web|url=https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/static/Journals/080658/080658-10.21.pdf|title=Walpole-Nornalup National Park - Celebrating 100 years|author1=Christie Mahony|author2=Bron Anderson|access-date=8 October 2019|work=Landscope|publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation|year=2010}}</ref>

The park received 158,167 visitors through 2008–2009.<ref name=2012plan>{{cite web|url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/parks/management-plans/decarchive/shannon_and_dentrecasteaux_national_parks_management_plan_71_2012.pdf|title=Shannon and D'Entrecasteaux National Parks Management Plan No. 71 2012|year=2012|access-date=7 October 2019|publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation}}</ref>