Editing Kinchega National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected 
| name                   = Kinchega National Park
| iucn_category          = II
| state                  = nsw
| image                  = Black Box (15735669829).jpg
| caption                = 
| relief                 = 1
| coordinates            = {{coord|32|32|39|S|142|17|50|E|display=inline,title}}
| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Menindee]]
| area                   = 442.59
| area_footnotes         =<ref name=oehparkmgmnt>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkManagement.aspx?id=N0017|title=Kinchega National Park: Park management|department=Office of Environment & Heritage|publisher=Government of New South Wales|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
| established            = {{start date|1967|10|01|df=y}}
| established_footnotes  = <ref name=oehparkmgmnt/>
| visitation_num         = 
| visitation_year        = 
| managing_authorities   = [[NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]
| url                    = http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Kinchega-National-Park
}}
The '''Kinchega National Park''' is a [[state park|protected]] [[national park]] that is located in the [[Far West (New South Wales)|Far West]] region of [[New South Wales]], in eastern Australia.The {{convert|44259|ha|adj=on}} national park is located approximately {{convert|840|km}} west of Sydney and {{convert|111|km}} south-east of [[Broken Hill]]. The park adjoins the town of [[Menindee]]. The eastern edge of the Kinchega National Park is formed by the [[Darling River]].

The park is noted for its Aboriginal artefacts, left behind by the [[Paarkantji]] people, who travelled up and down the Darling River.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Westbrooke, M. E. |author2=Kerr, M. K. C. |author3=Leversh, J. |year=2001 |title=The vegetation of Kinchega National Park, western New South Wales |journal=Cunninghamia |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1–25 |url=http://rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/70022/Cun7Wes001.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329213307/http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/70022/Cun7Wes001.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref>

== Fauna ==
It is home to many species of wild animals, such as [[lace monitor]], [[Peron's tree frog]], [[Major Mitchell's cockatoo|pink]] and [[Red-tailed black cockatoo|black cockatoos]], [[kultarr]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kinchega National Park {{!}} Learn more|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/kinchega-national-park/learn-more|access-date=2021-10-13|publisher=[[NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]|language=en}}</ref>

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

==References==
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{{National Parks of New South Wales}}

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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Far West (New South Wales)]]


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