Brockman National Park
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Brockman National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

), 288 kilometres (179 mi) south of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 and 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Pemberton
Pemberton, Western Australia
Pemberton is a town located in the South West region of Western Australia, named after the early settler Pemberton Walcott. It is the home of the karri tree, the largest tree in Western Australia and the third largest hardwood tree in the world...

.

The park, situated on both sides if the Pemberton-Northcliffe road, is predominantly composed of Karri and Marri
Corymbia calophylla
Corymbia calophylla is a bloodwood native to Western Australia. Common names include Marri and Port Gregory Gum, and a long standing usage has been Red Gum due to the red gum effusions often found on trunks.It is distinctive among bloodwoods for its very large buds and fruit Corymbia calophylla...

 Forest. The forest understorey is made up of a mix of plants including swamp peppermint
Agonis
Agonis is a genus of four species in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west.Only one, Agonis flexuosa, grows to tree size, the others generally growing as tall shrubs....

, karri hazel
Trymalium
Trymalium is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Rhamnaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.Species include:*Trymalium albicans Reisseck, endemic to Western Australia*Trymalium angustifolium Reisseck, endemic to Western Australia...

, karri wattle
Acacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...

 and karri sheoak all of which thrive in the damp conditions.

The northern border of the park is the Warren River
Warren River (Western Australia)
The Warren River is a river in the South West of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise in the Tone State Forest just West of Strachan then flow in a south westerly direction crossing the South Western Highway and then flowing through the Warren State Forest, finally discharging into...

 and the Warren National Park
Warren National Park
Warren National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia , south of Perth and south of Pemberton....

 borders it to the west.

No entry fee applies for the park and no facilities are available to visitors.

The name is taken from the nearby Yeagarup Homestead that used to be known as Brockman Station.
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