Editing Morwell National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}}
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| type                   = protected
| name                   = Morwell National Park
| state                  = vic
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|local_map=yes| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Churchill, Victoria|Churchill]]
| area                   = 5.65<!-- If the area is greater than 100ha (1km2) a conversion template is not required. -->
| area_footnotes         = <ref name=mgmtplan>{{cite book|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/313357/Morwell-National-Park-Management-Plan.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401011517/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/313357/Morwell-National-Park-Management-Plan.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-01 |url-status=live|title=Morwell National Park management plan|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=November 1998|isbn=0-7306-6255-1|accessdate=23 August 2014|page=5 }}</ref>
| established            = {{start date|1966|11|26|df=y}}
| established_footnotes  = <ref name=pv>{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park|title=Morwell National Park|department=[[Parks Victoria]]|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2014|accessdate=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131232650/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| managing_authorities   = [[Parks Victoria]]
| url                    = http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park
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The '''Morwell National Park''' is a [[national park]] located in the [[West Gippsland|western]] [[Gippsland]] region of Victoria, Australia. The {{convert|565|ha|acre|adj=on}} national park is situated approximately {{convert|164|km}} east of Melbourne via the [[Princess Highway#Victoria|Princes Highway]] and {{convert|16|km}} south of [[Morwell]] in the [[Strzelecki Ranges]]. The park preserves a remnant of previously widespread wet [[sclerophyll]] forests and some rainforest remnants restricted to deep creek gullies. 320 plant species have been recorded for this park, including five rare or threatened species and 44 orchid species. 129 native fauna species have been recorded, including 19 mammals, 96 birds, 11 reptiles and three amphibians.<ref name=mgmtplan/><ref name=pn>{{cite web|title=Morwell National Park Visitor Guide|date=June 2008|department=[[Parks Victoria]]|publisher=Government of Victoria|url=http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources05/05_1523.pdf|accessdate=23 August 2014 }}</ref>

Weeds and pest animals represent a threat to the park, particularly because of its small size.

The park was created by a 1967 Act of Parliament, in response to lobbying from members of the [[Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club]]. Club members had recognised the ecological significance of the land in the early 1950s after finding butterfly orchid (''[[Sarcochilus australis]]),'' as well as other notable species of flora and fauna''.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |author1=Rayment, Philip |title=To protect and enjoy : the first fifty years of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club : 1960-2010 / [authored and edited by Philip Rayment; with contributions from Bon Thompson and Lorna Long; drawings by Beatrice Roberts] |year=2010 |publisher=Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club |language=English |isbn=9780980419719 |author2=Thompson, Bon |author3=Long, Lorna |author4=Roberts, Beatrice |author5=Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club}}</ref>''

The national park is protected by the local [[Habitat conservation|conservation]] society, the Friends of Morwell National Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morwell National Park |url=https://morwellnp.pangaean.net/browser/index.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |publisher=Friends of Morwell National Park}}</ref>

==See also==
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* ''[[Backusella morwellensis]]'' – named after Morwell National Park
* [[Protected areas of Victoria]]
* [[List of national parks of Australia]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park|title=Morwell National Park|department=[[Parks Victoria]]|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2014|access-date=30 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131232650/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite map|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/545756/Map-Morwell-NP.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826130604/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/545756/Map-Morwell-NP.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-26 |url-status=live|title=Morwell National Park|publisher=[[Parks Victoria]], Government of Victoria|date=November 2013 }}
*[http://morwellnp.pangaean.net Friends of Morwell National Park] – includes photographs of tracks

{{Protected areas of Victoria|NP}}

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[[Category:Parks of Gippsland (region)]]
[[Category:National parks of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1966]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Morwell, Victoria]]


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