Editing Cattai National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
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| type                   = protected
| name                   = Cattai National Park
| state                  = nsw
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Cattai national park view from cattai wharf.jpg
| caption                = [[Hawkesbury River]] viewed from Cattai Wharf
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| nearest_town_or_city   = {{NSWcity|Windsor}}
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| area_footnotes         = <ref name=oehparkmgmnt>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkManagement.aspx?id=N0079|title=Cattai National Park: Park management|work=Office of Environment & Heritage|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>
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| managing_authorities   = [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]
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The '''Cattai National Park''' is a [[state park|protected]] [[national park]] that is located in the [[City of Hawkesbury|Hawkesbury]] region of [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], in eastern [[Australia]]. The {{convert|424|ha|adj=on}} national park is situated approximately {{convert|55|km}} northwest of the [[Sydney central business district]] and approximately {{cvt|13|km}} from {{NSWcity|Windsor}}. It includes '''Mitchell Park''' and '''Hope Farm'''.

==Location and features==
[[File:Cattai national park picnic area.jpg|thumb|left|Cattai National Park picnic area]]
[[File:Cattai national park arndells cottage.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Arndell]]'s cottage]]
The national park is situated on the [[Hawkesbury River]] and consists of three areas, Cattai Park at the junction of Cattai Creek and the Hawkesbury River, Hope Farm which adjoins Cattai Park to the north, and Mitchell Park approximately {{cvt|2.5|km}} upstream along Cattai Creek.<ref name=pom/>

Part of the national park was an original [[First Fleet]] [[land grant|grant]] and the park contains important historic and archaeological resources, including a homestead built in the 1820s, ruins of a
stone windmill which is thought to be the oldest industrial building in Australia, convict-built dry stone walls, and a range of other features which reflect changes in the place since the early nineteenth century. The national park also contains a number of [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] sites which are of importance to our understanding of the Cattai area prior to European settlement.<ref name=pom>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomFinalCattai.pdf|type=PDF|title=Cattai National Park: Plan of management|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]|publisher= [[Government of New South Wales]] |date= November 1997 |isbn=0-7310-0887-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0079?Opendocument&ParkKey=N0079&Type=xo |title= Cattai National Park |access-date= 23 July 2006 |date= 25 April 2006 |work= [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]] |publisher= [[Government of New South Wales]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080721033932/http://www2.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/parkContent/N0079?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0079&Type=Xo# |archive-date= 21 July 2008 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

The Cattai Homestead, which was constructed around 1820, and its curtilage is listed by the [[National Trust of Australia|National Trust]] and the [[Australian Heritage Commission]]. The Hope Farm Mill on Hope Farm, which is also listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]], was probably constructed around 1806 and is believed to be the oldest industrial site in Australia.<ref name=pom/>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of New South Wales]]
* [[Cattai, New South Wales]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Cattai National Park}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Cattai-National-Park|title=Cattai National Park|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]}}
* {{cite map|url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/cattai-national-park/map|title=Cattai National Park|publisher=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]], [[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017035334/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/cattai-national-park/map#|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomFinalCattai.pdf|type=PDF|title=Cattai National Park: Plan of management|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|date=November 1997|isbn=0-7310-0887-1}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0079|title=Cattai National Park|work=Office of Environment & Heritage|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]}}

{{National Parks of New South Wales}}
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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1992]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Hawkesbury River]]

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