Barrington Tops National Park

Barrington Tops National Park
New South Wales
The view from Captain Thunderbolt's lookout over Barrington Tops
Barrington Tops National Park is located in New South Wales
Barrington Tops National Park
Barrington Tops National Park
Nearest town or cityGloucester
Coordinates32°3′10″S 151°29′37″E / 32.05278°S 151.49361°E / -32.05278; 151.49361
Established3 December 1969 (1969-12-03)[1]
Area765.12 km2 (295.4 sq mi)[1]
Managing authoritiesNSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
WebsiteBarrington Tops National Park
See alsoProtected areas of
New South Wales

The Barrington Tops National Park is a protected national park in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1969, the 76,512-hectare (189,070-acre) park is situated between Scone, Singleton, Dungog, Gloucester and East Gresford.

The park is part of the Barrington Tops group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986[2] and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[3]

It is also part of the Barrington Tops and Gloucester Tops Important Bird Area.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Barrington Tops National Park". Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ^ "IBA: Barrington Tops & Gloucester Tops". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

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