The Lakes National Park

Protected area in Victoria, Australia

37°59′S 147°40′E / 37.983°S 147.667°E / -37.983; 147.667Established1956^[1]Area2,390 hectares (5,900 acres)Managing authoritiesParks Victoria jointly with the Gunaikurnai traditional owners'WebsiteThe Lakes National ParkSee alsoProtected areas of Victoria

The Lakes National Park is a national park in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The national park is located approximately 245 km (152 mi) east of the capital city of Melbourne.

Location and features

The 2,390-hectare (5,900-acre)^[2] park is set on the east shore of the Gippsland Lakes, fringed by the waters of Lake Victoria and Lake Reeve.^[3] The park includes Sperm Whale Head peninsula and Rotamah and Little Rotamah Islands. The park is managed by Parks Victoria jointly with the traditional owners, the Gunaikurnai.^[4]

An area of 1,451 hectares (3,590 acres) was initially set aside as a nature reserve in 1927, with the park proclaimed in 1956. Rotamah Island and Little Rotamah Island were added to the park in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Culture and heritage". The Lakes National Park. Parks Victoria. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ "The Lakes National Park: Park notes" (PDF). Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ "The Lakes National Park". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ "Joint management". The Lakes National Park. Parks Victoria. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Lakes National Park.

The Lakes National Park webpage at Parks Victoria website.
The Lakes National Park and Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park: Management Plan (PDF). Kew, Victoria: Parks Victoria. November 1998. ISBN 0-7306-6289-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2014.

Protected areas of Victoria, Australia

Marine national parks
Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa

National parks

Former

State parks

Arthurs Seat Black Range Broken-Boosey Bunyip Cape Nelson Cathedral Range Dergholm Enfield Holey Plains Kooyoora Lake Tyers Langi Ghiran Leaghur Lerderderg Moondarra Mount Arapiles-Tooan Mount Buangor Mount Granya Mount Lawson Mount Napier Mount Samaria Mount Worth Paddys Ranges Reef Hills Warrandyte Werribee Gorge
Former	Angahook–Lorne Barmah Carlisle Chiltern Coopracambra Eildon French Island Kamarooka Kara Kara Melba Gully (Great Otway NP) Nepean Pink Lakes Terrick Terrick Wabonga Plateau Warby Range (Warby-Ovens NP) Whipstick

Marine and coastal parks
Bay of Islands Bunurong Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory Former Cape Schanck Point Cook

Marine sanctuaries
Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cooke Point Danger Ricketts Point The Arches

Other parks

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Heritage / Historic parks	Beechworth Historic Park Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Steiglitz Historic Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park