Goongarrie National Park
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Location | Goldfields-Esperance |
| Nearest city | Kalgoorlie |
| Coordinates | 30°00′08″S 121°31′51″E / 30.00222°S 121.53083°ECoordinates: 30°00′08″S 121°31′51″E / 30.00222°S 121.53083°E |
| Area | 60,397 ha (149,240 acres)[1] |
| Established | 1978 |
| Governing body | Department of Environment and Conservation |
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Goongarrie National Park is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 592 km (368 mi)[2] east of Perth and about 94 km (58 mi)[3] north of Kalgoorlie.
The park was part of Goongarrie Station that was purchased by the state government in 1995. The area also includes the abandoned townsite of Goongarrie. The name comes from nearby Lake Gongarrie which is Indigenous Australian in origin and of unknown meaning.
Infrastructure in the park was upgraded in 2007 after it received $70,000 in funding from the government.[4]
The park is dominated by arid zone woodlands and is situated along the mulga-eucalypt line. Species of acacia and eucalypt make up the bulk of the vegetation. The southern end of Lake Marmion can be found at the northern end of the park along with many smaller salt lakes and clay pans.[5]
Googarrie is the transition area between the Coolgardie and Murchison Biogeographical region.[6]
[edit] See also
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- ^ Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report. Department of Environment and Conservation. 2010. pp. 48. ISSN 1835-114X. http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/.
- ^ "Great Circle Distance between GOONGARRIE+NATIONAL+PARK and PERTH". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/distancedraw2?rec1=293571&placename=perth&placetype=0&state=0&place1=GOONGARRIE+NATIONAL+PARK&place1long=121.602783&place1lat=-29.911671.
- ^ "Great Circle Distance between GOONGARRIE+NATIONAL+PARK and KALGOORLIE". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/distancedraw2?rec1=271611&placename=kalgoo&placetype=0&state=WA+&place1=GOONGARRIE+NATIONAL+PARK&place1long=121.602783&place1lat=-29.911671.
- ^ "Department of Environment - $180,000 for Goldfields Park Facilities". 2006. http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/2446/1560/. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ "Kalgoorlie Visitor Centre - Parks and Nature Reserves". 2009. http://www.kalgoorlietourism.com/NR/exeres/32995C68-6E56-4DF8-802E-FA41A6ED58D1.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ "Australia's Golden Outback". 2009. http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/2009%20Holiday%20Planner/AustraliasGoldenOutbackGoldfields2009.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
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