Editing Hattah-Kulkyne National Park

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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
| state                  = vic
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Hattah Lake.JPG
| caption                = Hattah Lake, within the national park.
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| relief                 = yes
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|local_map=yes|zoom=8| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Mildura]]
| area                   = 480
| area_footnotes         = <ref name=mgmtplan/>
| established            = {{start date|1960|06|07|df=y}}
| established_footnotes  = <ref name=mgmtplan>{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/313343/mallee-parks-mgt-plan.pdf|type=PDF|title=Mallee Parks Management Plan|date=September 1996|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|isbn=0-7306-6174-1|access-date=16 August 2014|pages=1{{endash}}3}}</ref>
| visitation_num         = 
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| visitation_footnotes   = 
| managing_authorities   = Parks Victoria
| url                    = https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/hattah---kulkyne-national-park
| footnotes =
{{Designation list
| embed = yes
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes
| designation1_date = 15 December 1982
| designation1_number = 264<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/264|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}
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The '''Hattah-Kulkyne National Park''' is a [[national park]] in the [[Mallee (Victoria)|Mallee]] district of [[Victoria, Australia]]. The {{convert|48000|ha|acre|adj=on}} national park is situated adjacent to the [[Murray River]], approximately {{convert|417|km}} northwest of [[Melbourne]] with the nearest regional centre being [[Mildura]]. The Hattah Lakes National Park was proclaimed on {{start date|1960|06|07|df=y}}, later being greatly expanded in 1980 and becoming the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.<ref name=:0>{{cite web|url=https://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubs/HLEWMPSL_FA_screen.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405160122/https://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubs/HLEWMPSL_FA_screen.pdf |archive-date=2020-04-05 |url-status=live|title=Hattah Lakes|website=mdba.gov.au|date=February 2012|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> It is a popular destination for bushwalkers and school camping trips.<ref name=pn>{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/313801/Park-note-Hattah-Kulkyne-NP-and-Murray-Kulkyne-NP.pdf|type=PDF|title=Hattah-Kulkyne National Park and Murray-Kulkyne Park|date=June 2014|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|access-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820122204/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/313801/Park-note-Hattah-Kulkyne-NP-and-Murray-Kulkyne-NP.pdf|archive-date=20 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
In 1915, a sanctuary was formed to protect the beauty of the Hattah lakes. In 1949, ornithologist [[Leslie Gordon Chandler|Les Chandler]] and the Reverend Clarrie Lang formed the Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club (later the Sunraysia Naturalists' Research Trust). Les Chandler was variously its president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and editor. They agitated to have the Hattah-Kulkyne area declared a national park, which was partially achieved in 1960, with the Hattah Lakes area becoming the Hattah Lakes National Park.<ref>Kloot T (1980) Obituary. Leslie Gordon Chandler. ''Emu'' 80, 241-242.  https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9800241</ref><ref>{{Citation 
  | author1=L. C. Chandler
  | title=Walkabout. 
  | year=1934 
  | section=v. : ill., maps.; 34 cm. 
  | issn=0043-0064 
  | series=Rex Nan Kivell Collection
  | issue=Vol. 25 No. 10 (1 October 1959) 
  | location=Melbourne 
  | publisher=Australian National Travel Association 
  | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-747971279
  | id=nla.obj-747971279
  | via=Trove 
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation 
  | author1=Hugh Wilson
  | title=Walkabout. 
  | year=1933 
  | section=v. : ill., maps.; 34 cm. 
  | issn=0043-0064 
  | series=Rex Nan Kivell Collection
  | issue=Vol. 26 No. 4 (1 April 1960) 
  | location=Melbourne 
  | publisher=Australian National Travel Association 
  | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-749128577
  | id=nla.obj-749128577
  | access-date=7 June 2021
  | via=Trove 
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=Victorian National Parks Association | publication-date=1937 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235565975 | access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>Australian Government; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (June, 2011) Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description</ref> The Kulkyne State Forest was added to the national park in 1980, resulting in the creation of the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.<ref name=:0/>

==Description==
The park is in the Mallee district, famous for its red dirt and [[Mallee (habit)|mallee]] [[eucalypt]]s. There are several lakes in the area, the largest of which is Lake Hattah. During the [[dry season]] most of the lakes and their streams dry out completely. Although there are limited road and tracks, there are several major high tension power and telegraph lines that run through or near the park, around which large areas are cleared. For management purposes, the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is managed with the [[Murray-Sunset National Park]], [[Wyperfeld National Park]], [[Lake Albacutya Park]] and [[Murray-Kulkyne Park]] as part of the Victorian Mallee Parks.<ref name=mgmtplan/>

==Important Bird Area==
Over 200 bird species have been recorded in the park, which is overlapped by the [[Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area]] (IBA), so identified by [[BirdLife International]] because it contains [[Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands|mallee habitat]] supporting a suite of [[threatened]] mallee birds, including the [[malleefowl]], [[black-eared miner]] and [[mallee emu-wren]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm|title=IBA: Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello|access-date=25 August 2011|work=Birdata|publisher=Birds Australia|archive-date=6 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of Victoria]]
*[[Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray-Kulkyne Biosphere Reserve]]
* [[List of national parks of Australia]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Hattah-Kulkyne National Park}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.mdba.gov.au/about-basin/environmental-sites/hattah-lakes|title=Hattah Lakes|work=Environmental sites in the Basin|publisher=[[Murray–Darling Basin Authority]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084542/http://www.mdba.gov.au/about-basin/environmental-sites/hattah-lakes|archive-date=19 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}

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{{Protected areas of Victoria|NP}}

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[[Category:Parks of Loddon Mallee (region)]]
[[Category:National parks of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1960]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in Australia]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands]]
[[Category:Murray-Darling basin]]