Editing Tooloom National Park

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The '''Tooloom National Park''' is a [[state park|protected]] [[national park]] located in the [[Northern Rivers]] region of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The {{convert|4380|ha|adj=on}} part is situated approximately {{convert|616|km}} north of [[Sydney]] and {{convert|20|km}} from the border town of {{NSWcity|Urbenville}}.

The park is part of the Focal Peak Group [[World Heritage Site]] [[Gondwana Rainforests of Australia]] inscribed in 1986<ref name="ausgovdep">{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/gondwana/index.html |title=Gondwana Rainforests of Australia |access-date=10 September 2014|work=[[Department of the Environment (Australia)|Department of the Environment]]|publisher=[[Australian Government]] }}</ref> and added to the [[Australian National Heritage List]] in 2007.<ref name=anhl>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105135|title=Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia|work=Australian Heritage Database: [[Department of the Environment (Australia)|Department of the Environment]]|date=2014|access-date=10 September 2014|publisher=[[Australian Government]]}}</ref>

The name ''Tooloom'' is derived from [[Bundjalung language|Bundjalung]] word ''Duluhm'' meaning [[headlice]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Sharpe |first=Margaret |chapter=Bundjalung |title=Macquarie Aboriginal Words |location=Sydney |publisher=Macquarie Library |pages=21}}</ref> referring to the Tooloom Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHeritage.aspx?id=N0091|title=Tooloom National Park: Park heritage|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref>

The average summer temperature in the park ranges from 16&nbsp;°C and 28&nbsp;°C, and the winter temperature ranges from 3.5&nbsp;°C and 18&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tooloom National Park {{!}} Visitor info|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/tooloom-national-park/visitor-info|access-date=2021-12-22|website=NSW National Parks|language=en}}</ref>

== Fauna ==
The endangered species of long-nosed potoroo lives in the park, and there are also ten species of wallabies and kangaroos.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tooloom National Park|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/tooloom-national-park|access-date=2021-12-22|website=NSW National Parks|language=en}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Strangler - Tooloom National Park.jpg|Hollow base of a [[strangler fig]], Tooloom Scrub
Image:Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum Tooloom NP April 1998.jpg|[[Thorny yellowwood]] at Tooloom Scrub
</gallery>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/tooloom-national-park  Tooloom National Park]

{{National Parks of New South Wales}}

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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1995]]
[[Category:Gondwana Rainforests of Australia]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Northern Rivers]]


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