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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.
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.
The Region contains important natural and cultural features including exceptional examples of past human civilization including the world's oldest cremation site. [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 foundation for National Parks & Wildlife acquired the land for the Mungo National Park, NSW and donated it to the National Reserve System in 1979. It also funded a resident archaeologist to work on the site from 1979 to 1983. The foundation established the Mungo Visitors Centre and Laboratory in 1983.
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.
Mungo Man and Mungo Woman, names of two sets of prehistoric human remains found in Australia - see Lake Mungo remains; John Mungo-Park (1918–1941), British fighter pilot; Mungo Jerry, a 1970s British rock group; Mungos, a mongoose genus; Mongo (disambiguation) St. Mungo's (disambiguation) Moengo, Suriname, a town; Moungo (department), Cameroon
Brisbane Water National Park, Central Coast. The park contains many Aboriginal sites, notable Bulgandry on the Woy Woy Road, with many rock carvings. [13] Garigal National Park, Sydney. A large group of rock carvings is located near Bantry Bay. [14] Heathcote National Park, south of Sydney. Various sites are known, including a shield tree west ...