Editing Frank Hann National Park

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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Frank Hann National Park
| state                  = wa
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Lilian Stokes Rockpools 1 FHNP V-2010.jpg
| caption                = The Lilian Stokes Rockpools at Frank Hahn National Park
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| relief                 = yes
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Lake King, Western Australia|Lake King]]
| area                   = 675.5
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="ParkAreas">{{cite journal|year=2010 |title=Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report |journal=Annual Report |pages=48 |publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation |issn=1835-114X |url=http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111124319/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/ |archive-date=11 January 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| established            = 1970
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| managing_authorities   = [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]]
| url                    = https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/frank-hann
}}

'''Frank Hann National Park''' is a national park in [[Western Australia]], located {{convert|428|km|mi|0}} east-southeast of the capital, [[Perth]] in the [[Shire of Lake Grace]].  It was named for [[Frank Hann]], an early explorer of the district. The park contains a wide array of flora, including seasonal wildflowers.

It was officially named on 30 October 1970.<ref>{{Gazette WA | title = Naming of Reserve No. 27023 (Frank Hann National Park) | page = 1970:3357 | file = 1255/61 | date = 30 October 1970}}</ref>

The park is mostly composed of heathland and scrubland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/listing/623447/australia/wa/esperancearea/frank-hann-national/|title=Totaltravel - Frank Hann National Park|year=2009|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140420/http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/listing/623447/australia/wa/esperancearea/frank-hann-national/|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> situated on an inland sandplain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atn.com.au/wa/south/parks-c.htm|title=Australian Tourism Net -South East Coast National Parks|year=2009|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref> No entrance fee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,109/Itemid,755/|title=Frank Hann National Park|year=2009|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-date=19 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319112602/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,109/Itemid,755/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  is required to enter the park but no facilities are available to visitors in the park.

The park is found within the [[Eastern Mallee]] (IBRA) subregion in southern Western Australia.

Some of the flora found within the park include ''[[Acacia mackeyana]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/kalannie/mackeyana.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824053304/http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/kalannie/mackeyana.pdf |archive-date=2006-08-24 |url-status=live|title=Mackey's Wattle|year=2000|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref> ''[[Acacia dissona]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/kalannie/dissona_var_indoloria.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824032255/http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/kalannie/dissona_var_indoloria.pdf |archive-date=2006-08-24 |url-status=live|title=Acacia dissona|year=2000|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Banksia xylothemelia]]''.

Fauna found within the park include lizards such as the [[marbled gecko]], the [[Crenadactylus|clawless gecko]], the [[Ctenophorus|crested dragon]], the [[Cryptoblepharus|callose-palmed shining-skink]] and the [[Egernia|bright crevice skink]]. Many frog species also inhabit the area including ''[[Myobatrachus gouldii]]'', ''[[Pseudophryne guentheri]]'' and ''[[Limnodynastes dorsalis]]''.<ref name="gondwanalink.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.gondwanalink.org/GWWsurvey.html|title=The Wilderness Society - Vertebrate Fauna of the Honman Ridge - Great Western Woodlands WA|year=2006|access-date=28 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726123518/http://www.gondwanalink.org/GWWsurvey.html|archive-date=26 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Birdlife such as the [[emu]], the [[Nankeen kestrel]], the [[brown falcon]], the [[little eagle]], the [[crested pigeon]], the [[brush bronzewing]], the [[mulga parrot]] and the [[Australian bustard]] have all been found within the park boundaries.

The park also supports an array of [[mammal]]s including [[short-beaked echidna]], the [[western quoll]], [[Sminthopsis gilberti|Gilbert's dunnart]], the [[honey possum]], the [[western grey kangaroo]], the [[western brush wallaby]], [[Chalinolobus gouldii|Gould's wattled bat]] and [[Notomys mitchellii|Mitchell's hopping mouse]].<ref name="gondwanalink.org"/>

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of Western Australia]]

==References==
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{{National Parks of Western Australia}}

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[[Category:National parks of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1970]]
[[Category:Great Western Woodlands]]