Editing Biamanga National Park (section)

===20th century===
Extensive [[logging]] was taking place in the area up until the 1970s,<ref name=plan2014/> and in 1967 some of the rock was blasted with dynamite in the interests of improving television reception, and a television transmitter tower for [[WIN-4]] was built on the mountain.<ref name=hidden>{{cite web| url=https://hiddenheritage.com.au/heritage-object/?object_id=26| title=Biamanga Protest Site| website=Bega Shire's Hidden Heritage: 101 Objects  | access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref> After concerns had been raised by local people, the NSW Government set up an advisory committee in 1977 to investigate the [[woodchipping]] industry<ref name=hidden/> and in the same year 1977 [[Guboo Ted Thomas]], a Yuin [[Aboriginal elder|elder]], led a protest against the destruction of the forest on Mumbulla Mountain.<ref name=plan2014/> On 15 July 1980, the [[government of New South Wales]] declared an area of around {{cvt| 7,540|ha}} an "[[Aboriginal place]]" and a "Protected Archaeological Area" under the ''[[National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974]]'' (NSW).<ref name=plan2014/>

The park was proclaimed in 1994 and extended in 1997.<ref name=plan2014>{{cite book|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/Parks-plans-of-management/yuin-bangguri-mountain-parks-plan-of-management-150003.pdf| title=Plan of Management: Yuin Bangguri (Mountain) Parks: Incorporating Gulaga National Park and Biamanga National Park |author=[[NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]| isbn=978 1 74359 862 7| date= October 2014|publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage NSW | access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>