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Mungo National Park is a protected national park that is located in south-western New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The 110,967-hectare (274,210-acre) national park is situated approximately 875 kilometres (544 mi) west of Sydney in the Balranald Shire. Mungo National Park is the traditional meeting place of the Muthi Muthi, Nyiampaar and ...
Lake Mungo is a dry lake located in New South Wales, Australia. It is about 760 km (472 miles) due west of Sydney [ 1 ] and 90 km (56 miles) north-east of Mildura . The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park , and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region .
Lake Mungo: Saline: Far West: 20: ... Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Important Bird Area: 2: Lake Alexandrina: 64,900 ... Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park ...
[citation needed] A small section of the region is protected by the Mungo National Park. The World Heritage status of the region was created and negotiated in 1981. [1] The site was gazetted on the Australian National Heritage List on 21 May 2007 [2] under the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1), 2003 (Cth). [3]
Arumpo is a locality in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) north-east of Mildura, Victoria. The Willandra Lakes Region , including Mungo National Park , is near Arumpo. The Tronox titanium /mineral sand mine is located 16 km south of Arumpo, [ 2 ] trucking ore to freight trains at Ivanhoe, New South Wales .
The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park, and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region. Sediments at Lake Mungo have been deposited over more than 100,000 years. There are three distinct layers of sands and soil forming the Walls around the edge of the lake.
Mount Cook National Park, Australia 15°29′34″S 145°15′33″E / 15.492777777778°S 145.25916666667°E / -15.492777777778; 145.25916666667 1970
The koala, emu, platypus and kangaroo are national animals of Australia, [100] and the Tasmanian devil is also one of the well-known animals in the country. [101] The goanna is a predatory lizard native to the Australian mainland. [102] Natural history illustrator John Gould popularised the koala with his 1863 work The Mammals of Australia.