Editing Gardens of Stone National Park (section)

==History==
The Newnes Plateau region was proposed for conservation in 1932 as part of a Greater Blue Mountains National Park by the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council.<ref name="Plan of Management"/> Lobbying for protecting the area increased after the establishment of Wollemi National Park in 1979.<ref name="worldheritage">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldheritage.org.au/resources/national-parks/gardens-of-stone-national-park/|title=Gardens of Stone National Park|last=Blue Mountains Conservation Society|year=2011|work=Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Experience|publisher=NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> The National Parks Association proposed its extension westwards in 1984, which developed into a detailed proposal of an {{convert|18030|ha|adj=on}} park in 1993, which was ultimately successful.<ref name="Plan of Management"/> The Gardens of Stone National Park was established in 1994;<ref name="worldheritage"/> however, the initial park only covered {{convert|11780|ha}}, omitting areas which contain coal deposits. It was later enlarged to {{convert|15080|ha}}.<ref name="washington">{{cite journal|url=http://www.bluemountains.org.auwww.bluemountains.org.au/documents/campaigns/LinnSocPagodaPaperWash_Wray.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013211238/http://www.bluemountains.org.auwww.bluemountains.org.au/documents/campaigns/LinnSocPagodaPaperWash_Wray.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=live|author1=Washington, Haydn G.|author2=Wray, Robert A. L.|year=2011|title=The Geoheritage and Geomorphology of the Sandstone Pagodas of the North-western Blue Mountains Region (NSW)|journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales|volume=132|pages=131–43|issn=0370-047X|type=PDF}}</ref> Environmentalist groups seek to protect more of the surrounding area, which includes pagodas, canyons, heathland and elevated swamps.<ref name="worldheritage"/>