Mount Royal National Park

Mount Royal National Park
New South Wales
Mount Royal National Park; New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
	Eucalyptus on a steep ridge near Mount Royal
	Mount Royal National Park
Coordinates	32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E / 32.20028°S 151.32361°ECoordinates: 32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E / 32.20028°S 151.32361°E
Established	1 January 1997
Area	69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
Managing authorities	NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Website	Mount Royal National Park
See also	Protected areas of; New South Wales

The Mount Royal National Park is a protected national park located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1997, the 6,920-hectare (17,100-acre) park is situated approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) north of Sydney.

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]

During the 2019 Australian Bushfire Season, the park was damaged by the ‘Mount Royal 1’ fire.

Major Peaks[]

Mount Royal is the highest peak at 1,186m.

Pieres Peak is a major peak south of Mount Royal at 986m.

Fauna[]

The park is home to endangered animal species such as parma wallaby, rufous scrub bird, paradise riflebird, hastings river mouse and the glossy black-cockatoo.

The animals that live here do not seem to have evolved, today they look like their fossil remains.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Mount Royal National Park". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Mount Royal National Park | Learn more". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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[oeh-1] "Mount Royal National Park". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

[ausgovdep-2] "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

[anhl-3] "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

[4] "Mount Royal National Park | Learn more". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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v t National parks of New South Wales, Australia
Central West, North West Slopes, Riverina, and South West Slopes	Abercrombie River Cocoparra Conimbla Coolah Tops Garrawilla Goobang Goulburn River Mount Kaputar Murrumbidgee Valley Murray Valley Nangar Oolambeyan Turon Warrumbungle Weddin Mountains Yarrobil
Hunter and Mid North Coast	Bago Bluff Barakee Barrington Tops Bellinger River Ben Halls Gap Bindarri Biriwal Bulga Bongil Bongil Booti Booti Cascade Coorabakh Crowdy Bay Dooragan Dorrigo Dunggir Ghin-Doo-Ee Hat Head Junuy Juluum Kumbatine Limeburners Maria Middle Brother Mount Royal Myall Lakes Nymboi-Binderay Sea Acres Tapin Tops Tomaree Towarri Ulidarra Wallingat Watagans Willi Willi Woko Yarriabini
New England Tablelands	Bald Rock Barool Basket Swamp Boonoo Boonoo Butterleaf Capoompeta Carrai Cathedral Rock Chaelundi Cottan-Bimbang Cunnawarra Gibraltar Range Guy Fawkes River Indwarra Kings Plains Kwiambal Mummel Gulf New England Nowendoc Nymboida Oxley Wild Rivers Single Warra Warrabah Washpool Werrikimbe
Northern Rivers	Arakwal Border Ranges Broadwater Bundjalung Bungawalbin Fortis Creek Goonengerry Koreelah Mallanganee Maryland Mebbin Mooball Mount Clunie Mount Jerusalem Mount Nothofagus Mount Pikapene Nightcap Ramornie Richmond Range Tooloom Toonumbar Wollumbin Yabbra Yuraygir
Far West NSW	Culgoa Gundabooka Kinchega Mallee Cliffs Mungo Mutawintji Paroo-Darling Sturt Toorale Willandra Yanga
South Coast and Highlands	Bangadilly Ben Boyd Biamanga Bimberamala Bournda Brindabella Budawang Budderoo Clyde River Conjola Deua Eurobodalla Gulaga Jervis Bay Kosciuszko Livingstone Macquarie Pass Meroo Mimosa Rocks Monga Morton Mount Imlay Murramarang Seven Mile Beach South East Forests Tallaganda Tarlo River Wadbilliga Woomargama
Sydney and surrounds	Berowra Valley Blue Mountains Bouddi Brisbane Water Cattai Dharug Dharawal Gardens of Stone Garigal Georges River Heathcote Kamay Botany Bay Kanangra-Boyd Ku-ring-gai Chase Lane Cove Marramarra Nattai Popran Royal Scheyville Sydney Harbour Thirlmere Lakes Werakata Wollemi Wyrrabalong Yellomundee Yengo
Protected areas of New South Wales

v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Dungog Shire, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Clarence Town Dungog East Gresford Glen Martin Glen Oak Gresford Martins Creek Mount Rivers Paterson Raglan Salisbury Torryburn Vacy
Rivers and other waterways	Barrington Chichester Gloucester Lostock Dam Paterson Williams
Other places and points of interest	Barrington Tops National Park Chichester Dam Mount Royal National Park Mount Royal Range

Mount Royal National Park

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Major Peaks[]

Fauna[]

See also[]

References[]