Tooloom National Park

Tooloom National Park
New South Wales
Tooloom National Park; New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
	Giant White Beech at Tooloom Scrub
	Tooloom National Park
Nearest town or city	Urbenville
Coordinates	28°26′47″S 152°27′13″E / 28.44639°S 152.45361°ECoordinates: 28°26′47″S 152°27′13″E / 28.44639°S 152.45361°E
Established	22 December 1995
Area	43.80 km2 (16.9 sq mi)
Managing authorities	NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Website	Tooloom National Park
See also	Protected areas of; New South Wales

The Tooloom National Park is a protected national park located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The 4,380-hectare (10,800-acre) part is situated approximately 616 kilometres (383 mi) north of Sydney and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the border town of Urbenville.

The park is part of the Focal Peak Group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986^[2] and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.^[3]

The name Tooloom is derived from Bundjalung word Duluhm meaning headlice,^[4] referring to the Tooloom Falls.^[5]

The average summer temperature in the park ranges from 16°C and 28°C, and the winter temperature ranges from 3.5°C and 18°C.^[6]

Fauna[]

The endangered species of long-nosed potoroo lives in the park, and there are also ten species of wallabies and kangaroos.^[7]

Gallery[]

Hollow base of a Strangler Fig, Tooloom Scrub
Thorny Yellowwood at Tooloom Scrub

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Tooloom National Park: Park management". 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.
^ Sharpe, Margaret. "Bundjalung". Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library. p. 21.
^ "Tooloom National Park: Park heritage". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Tooloom National Park | Visitor info". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ "Tooloom National Park". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

External links[]

Tooloom National Park

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[oeh-1] "Tooloom National Park: Park management". 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] Sharpe, Margaret. "Bundjalung". Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library. p. 21.

[5] "Tooloom National Park: Park heritage". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

[6] "Tooloom National Park | Visitor info". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[7] "Tooloom National Park". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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Tooloom National Park

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