Editing Brisbane Ranges National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}}
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| name                   = Brisbane Ranges National Park
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| caption                = A [[White-winged chough|white-winged Chough]] pictured in the park in 2008.
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| area_footnotes         = <ref name=mgmntplan>{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/313244/Brisbane-Ranges-National-Park-Management-Plan.pdf|title=Brisbane Ranges National Park Management Plan|date=September 1997|publisher=[[Parks Victoria]]|isbn=0-7306-6702-2|access-date=12 August 2014|page=2|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804051429/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/313244/Brisbane-Ranges-National-Park-Management-Plan.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| managing_authorities   = Parks Victoria
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The '''Brisbane Ranges National Park''' is a [[national park]] in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, The {{convert|7718|ha|acre|adj=on}} national park is situated approximately {{convert|80|km}} west of Melbourne near the town of {{VICcity|Meredith}} and is managed by [[Parks Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/22_2131.pdf|title=A complete history of the park|department=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724135546/http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/22_2131.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2008}}</ref> The park covers part of the '''Brisbane Ranges''', an area of hills of moderate elevation.

==Features==
The park features a number of walking tracks, of which the walk through [[Anakie Gorge]] is the most popular.<ref>Brisbane Ranges Park Notes, Parks Victoria, September 2005</ref> Other attractions include the Ted Errey Nature Circuit and Wadawurrung walk. Relatively flat and suitable for those of moderate fitness, the walk features views of the Gorge itself and the presence of [[koala]]s and [[wallaby|wallabies]] in their wild state. Some of the resident wallabies are relatively unafraid of tourists and may often study the passing visitors.

In January 2006, lightning sparked a bushfire in the Steiglitz historical area which soon spread throughout the Brisbane Ranges. Despite lengthy efforts to control the fire from [[Government of Victoria#Department of Sustainability and Environment .28DSE.29|Department of Sustainability and Environment]], [[Parks Victoria]] and the [[Country Fire Authority]] fire fighters, the blaze incinerated {{convert|6700|ha|acre}} of parkland and destroyed two houses without loss of human life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/fires-approach-anakie-homes/2006/01/22/1137864789915.html|title=Fires approach Anakie homes|date=22 January 2006|work=The Age|agency=Australian Associated Press|access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/halls-gap-residents-stay-and-fight/2006/01/26/1138066889823.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap4|title=Ember attack hits Erica|date=26 January 2006|work=The Age|author=Lucas, Clay|access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> A subsequent bushfire one year later also threatened much of the national park.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/17/1828248.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211162615/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/17/1828248.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2009|title=Bushfires threaten properties in north-east Vic|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=17 January 2007|access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2007/10/10/2056082.htm|title=Brisbane Ranges: wildflowers after fire|date=10 October 2007|access-date=10 August 2014|publisher=ABC News|location=Ballarat|author1=Peake, Jacqui|author2=Watt, Jarrod}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of Victoria]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Brisbane Ranges National Park}}
* [https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/brisbane-ranges-national-park Parks Victoria official Brisbane Ranges site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090408093609/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fobr/fobrnews.html Friends of Brisbane Ranges]

{{Protected areas of Victoria|NP}}

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[[Category:Parks of Barwon South West (region)]]
[[Category:Parks of Grampians (region)]]
[[Category:National parks of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1973]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Australia]]