User:Mdw0/Mallee Cliffs National Park
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Mallee Cliffs is a national park in the south-west of New South Wales, Australia. It lies 789 km west of Sydney and 30 km east of the Murray River city of Mildura, Victoria. Mallee Cliffs National Park is managed to protect the sand plain and sand dune land systems and ecological communities known colloquially as ‘Mallee Country’. Emphasis is placed on the value of Mallee Cliffs National Park as a wildlife conservation area and it was established primarily to protect the habitat of the mallee fowl, leipoa ocellata. [1]
Mallee Cliffs National Park New South Wales | |
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Coordinates | 34°10′31″S 142°34′39″E |
Established | April 22, 1977 |
Area | 580 km² |
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Eucalyptus_dumosa.jpg/640px-Eucalyptus_dumosa.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Leipoa_ocellata.jpg/640px-Leipoa_ocellata.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Malleefowl_mound.jpg/640px-Malleefowl_mound.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Tiliqua_occipitalis.jpg/640px-Tiliqua_occipitalis.jpg)
The park is closed to the public as part of an ongoing policy to assist in meeting conservation objectives, but access is allowed for educational activities by schools and colleges. Research activities which are relevant to the management of the park and compatible with conservation objectives are encouraged. [2]
It was established in 1977, when the entire 57,969 hectares of the park was purchased by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife. [3]