Editing Conjola National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
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| name                  = Conjola National Park
| state                 = nsw
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| established           = 1994
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| managing_authorities  = [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]
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'''Conjola National Park''' covers 11,060 hectares and lies on the mid south coast of [[New South Wales|New South Wales, Australia]], between [[Sussex Inlet, New South Wales|Sussex Inlet]] and [[Lake Conjola]], 165&nbsp;km southwest of [[Sydney]].

== Flora ==
Conjola National Park is home to 18 distinct plant communities including 4 that are endangered due to urban development on the East coast of Australia. The national park is listed as being a [[biodiversity hotspot]] containing 429 species although this number is likely to rise due to further surveying of the area. Of these species 5 are threatened they include the [[Endangered species|endangered]] [[Wilsonia (plant)|Wilsonia]] rotundifolia, vulnerable [[Wilsonia (plant)|Wilsonia]] backhousia, [[Syzygium paniculatum]], [[Cryptostylis hunteriana]] and [[Galium]] australe which was believed to be extinct in NSW. A further 8 significant species occur in the park, along with [[Grevillea macleayana]] and [[Pultenaea]] villifera which are on the national register of rare or threatened Australian plants. 'At least thirty-five terrestrial and epiphytic orchid species occur in the park.'<ref>{{Cite book|title=CONJOLA NATIONAL PARK PLAN OF MANAGEMENT|last=N/A|first=N/A|publisher=NSW PArks and Wildlife services|year=2009|location=NSW|pages=9–10}}</ref>

== Fauna ==
Due to the great diversity of the plant world, many species of birds and wild animals can be found here. Eastern grey kangaroos and echidnas are common, but the favourite resident of park visitors is the noisy [[yellow-tailed black cockatoo]] (''Zanda funerea'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Conjola National Park|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/conjola-national-park|access-date=2021-08-23|website=NSW National Parks|language=en}}</ref>

== Geology ==
The underlying geology of the park is mainly composed of the [[Permian Conjola formation]], a series of [[sandstone]] and [[shale]] units. This is overlain by large areas of Wandrawandian Siltstone around Swan Lake. There is areas of sandstone that outcrop around Berringer Lake and West of the park. There is a sandstone shelf located approximately 30&nbsp;cm under the surface of the water in Berringer lake that extenders approximately 1 metre under the surface before dropping to a depth of 8–15 metres.

== Aboriginal heritage ==
Conjola National Park has been home to both the Budawang and Yunin people for approximately 6000 years. [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] artefacts in the area include rock shelters, [[midden]] and campsite. In the middens mussels and oysters can be found. Axe grinding grooves can be found in sandstone outcrops.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/conjola-national-park/learn-more|title=Conjola National Park|website=NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service}}</ref>

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

{{National Parks of New South Wales}}
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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:South Coast (New South Wales)]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Parks established in the 1990s]]


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