Reef Hills State Park
| Reef Hills State Park Victoria | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
  Reef Hills State Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Benalla |
| Coordinates | 36°35′40″S 145°56′11″E / 36.5945°S 145.9363°ECoordinates: 36°35′40″S 145°56′11″E / 36.5945°S 145.9363°E |
| Established | 1986 |
| Area | 20.13 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Parks Victoria |
| Website | Reef Hills State Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Victoria |
Reef Hills State Park is a protected area of 2013 hectares, about 5 km south-west of Benalla, in the north east of Victoria, Australia.[1][2] There are traces of a mining activity from the gold rush. It was established in 1986.
Environment
The park is home to more than 17 mammal species and 100 bird species. It is part of the Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of Box-Ironbark forest ecosystems and several species of threatened woodland birds dependent on them.[3]
References
- ↑ "Reef Hills State Park", Official website, Parks Victoria, retrieved 2012-01-30
- ↑ Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 2012-01-29
- ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-11-20.
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