Reef Hills State Park

Reef Hills State Park
Victoria
Reef Hills State Park is located in Victoria
Reef Hills State Park
Reef Hills State Park
Nearest town or cityBenalla
Coordinates36°35′40″S 145°56′11″E / 36.5945°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

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.

Environment[edit]

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[edit]

  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.