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New England National Park is Australia's second oldest national park. The park is situated on the Northern Tablelands in the New England
New England (Australia)

New England is the name given to an undefined region in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia.The two traditional centres of New England are Armidale, New South Wales and Tamworth, New South Wales....
 region of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, 560 km north of Sydney. It is about 10 km south of Waterfall Way
Waterfall Way

The Waterfall Way is a road and State Highway 78 in New South Wales, Australia. It runs east-west from the Pacific Highway to Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become well known as New South Wales best and Australia's third most beautiful tourist drive....
, just 85 km east of Armidale
Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a College town and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia, in Armidale Dumaresq Council. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales region....
 and 65 km west of Dorrigo
Dorrigo, New South Wales

Dorrigo is a small town located on the Waterfall Way in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 580 kilometres north of the state capital, Sydney via the Pacific Highway , and 60 kilometres from the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales....
. Ebor
Ebor, New South Wales

Ebor is a village on Waterfall Way on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 74 km east of Armidale, New South Wales and about one third of the way between Armidale and the New South Wales coast....
, 20 km away, is the closest village to New England National Park.

he 1920s Philip Wright of Wollomombi led the push to have this area declared a National Park.






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New England National Park is Australia's second oldest national park. The park is situated on the Northern Tablelands in the New England
New England (Australia)

New England is the name given to an undefined region in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia.The two traditional centres of New England are Armidale, New South Wales and Tamworth, New South Wales....
 region of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, 560 km north of Sydney. It is about 10 km south of Waterfall Way
Waterfall Way

The Waterfall Way is a road and State Highway 78 in New South Wales, Australia. It runs east-west from the Pacific Highway to Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become well known as New South Wales best and Australia's third most beautiful tourist drive....
, just 85 km east of Armidale
Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a College town and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia, in Armidale Dumaresq Council. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales region....
 and 65 km west of Dorrigo
Dorrigo, New South Wales

Dorrigo is a small town located on the Waterfall Way in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 580 kilometres north of the state capital, Sydney via the Pacific Highway , and 60 kilometres from the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales....
. Ebor
Ebor, New South Wales

Ebor is a village on Waterfall Way on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 74 km east of Armidale, New South Wales and about one third of the way between Armidale and the New South Wales coast....
, 20 km away, is the closest village to New England National Park.

History

In the 1920s Philip Wright of Wollomombi led the push to have this area declared a National Park. Most of the area was declared a reserve in 1931 and in 1935 dedicated for public recreation. Between 1934 and 1956 mining leases for antimony
Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A metalloid, antimony has four allotropy forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metalloid....
 were granted.

The national park was officially opened by the Governor General Lord Gowrie in 1937, although the wilderness area was recognised for it's beauty as early as the 1920s.

New England National Park (NENP) was World Heritage listed in 1986 and forms part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (previously the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world....
 of Australia) (CERRA).

Geography

Located on the precipitous escarpment on the east of the undulating Northern Tablelands plateau, the wilderness consists of impressive cliffs, rugged ridges, spurs and streams. To the west the Nymboida
Nymboida River

The Nymboida River is a river on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.The headwaters of the river rise to the west of Dorrigo, New South Wales in the New England National Park near Barren Mountain....
, Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes River

The Guy Fawkes River is a river in northern New South Wales, Australia that runs from the south to north along the valley of the Demon Fault Line in the Guy Fawkes River National Park....
 and Styx
Styx River (New South Wales)

The Styx River is a river in New South Wales, Australia.The Styx River rises in the Snowy Range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, which forms part of the eastern escarpment of the New England Tableland....
 Rivers drain across the tablelands. To the east is the thickly forested Bellinger River
Bellinger River

The Bellinger River is a river on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Clement Hodgkinson was the first person to explore the area in March 1841....
 valley.

The Cunnawarra National Park
Cunnawarra National Park

File:Cunnawarra NP.JPGCunnawarra is a national park in New South Wales , 80 km east of Armidale, New South Wales, 10 km off the Waterfall Way and 565 km north of Sydney, Australia....
 adjoins the New England National Park on the north-western boundary and the Bellinger River National Park
Bellinger River National Park

Bellinger River is a national park in New South Wales , about 555 km northeast of Sydney, Australia. The main feature of the park is the Bellinger River and the unspoilt forests on its upper reaches....
 joins it on the north-eastern corner.

Public access to the park focuses on the Point Lookout
Point Lookout, New South Wales

Point Lookout is the name of a mountain in the New England National Park, near Ebor, New South Wales, Australia.It is the second highest peak in the Snowy Range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range which forms the highest part, and eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales....
 area (1,563 m above sea level), from where on a clear day the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 is visible. This lookout is the second tallest mountain in the region and one of the highest places north of the Snowy Mountains
Snowy Mountains

The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", are the highest Australia mountain range and contain the Australian mainland's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches 2,228 metres Australian Height Datum....
.

Fauna and Flora