Editing Mount William National Park

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| name                   = Mount William National Park
| state                  = TAS
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Scottsdale, Tasmania|Scottsdale]]
| area                   = 184.39 km²<!-- If the area is greater than 100ha (1km2) a conversion template is not required. -->
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'''Mount William''' is a national park, mountain, and [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in [[Tasmania]] ([[Australia]]), 234&nbsp;km northeast of [[Hobart, Australia|Hobart]]. Established in 1973 as an 8,640 hectares large national park, it has been expanded multiple times, reaching 13,806 ha in 1980 and 18,439 ha in 1999. The park is named after a hill that is 216m above sea level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount William National Park |url=https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/mount-william-national-park |publisher=[[Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref> In 2016, the official name of the mountain (but not the park) was changed to '''wukalina / Mount William'''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Survey Co-ordination |journal=Tasmanian Government Gazette |date=27 January 2016 |page=157 |url=https://www.gazette.tas.gov.au/editions/2016/january_2016/21573_-_Gazette_27_January_2016.pdf |access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
The park provides protected habitat to [[eastern grey kangaroo|eastern grey kangaroos]], [[wombat]]s, [[Bennetts wallaby|Bennetts wallabies]], [[Tasmanian pademelon]]s, [[echidna]]s, [[Common brushtail possum|brush-tailed possums]] and [[Tasmanian devil]]s.<ref>Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service: [http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3634 "Mt William National Park: Highlights"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317054152/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/indeX.aspX?base=3634 |date=17 March 2015 }}, retrieved 7 December 2012</ref>

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of Tasmania]]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline}}

==References==
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{{National parks in Tasmania}}
{{East Coast Tasmania}}


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[[Category:National parks of Tasmania]]
[[Category:East Coast Tasmania]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1973]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Australia]]


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