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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.

Reef Hills State Park
Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Reef Hills State Park
Nearest town or cityBenalla
Coordinates36.5945°S 145.9363°E / -36.5945; 145.9363
Established1986
Area20.13 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesParks Victoria
WebsiteReef Hills State Park
See alsoProtected areas of Victoria

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


  1. "Reef Hills State Park", Official website, Parks Victoria, retrieved 30 January 2012
  2. Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 29 January 2012
  3. 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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