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Regional parks in Western Australia

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A Regional Parks Taskforce was established in 1990 but the EPA reported in 1993 that the establishment of these parks encountered difficulties but, from the mid-1990s, a number of regional parks were established in Western Australia.
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are conservation areas with the purpose of serving as urban havens to preserve and restore cultural heritage and valuable ecosystems as well as to encourage sustainable nature-based recreation activities.
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Apart from the already existing regional parks, future proposals exist, like the recently approved Kalgulup Regional Park, located within the
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The concept of regional spaces in Western Australia open to the public was first proposed in 1955, when the
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recommended preserving private land for future public use in what would become the
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As of 2021, there are eleven regional parks in the Perth region of
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allocated the responsibility of managing regional parks to the
1252:"Plans for Darling Range Regional Park released for comment" 102: 37:, as well as regional parks outside the metropolitan area. 1144:"National, marine and regional parks in Western Australia" 1491: 1282:"UBC article on fate of the Darling Range Regional Park" 1701: 1287:. Nature Reserves Preservation Group. Archived from 1317:
Rockingham Lakes Regional Park Management Plan 2010
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Archived from 1058:1,400 ha (3,500 acres) 611:3,100 ha (7,700 acres) 537:2,362 ha (5,840 acres) 262:3,171 ha (7,840 acres) 191:2,607 ha (6,440 acres) 7: 1114: 898:Woodman Point Regional Park 856:Woodman Point Regional Park 490:Herdsman Lake Regional Park 448:Herdsman Lake Regional Park 425:Chapman River Regional Park 383:Chapman River Regional Park 360:Canning River Regional Park 318:Canning River Regional Park 143:GPX (secondary coordinates) 61:Darling Range Regional Park 10: 1825: 1667:Parks and Wildlife Service 1639:"Yellagonga Regional Park" 671:577 ha (1,430 acres) 70: 1787: 1709: 388:City of Greater Geraldton 138:GPX (primary coordinates) 113:Map all coordinates using 81:Perth Metropolitan Region 77:Stephenson-Hepburn Report 1589:"Wooroloo Regional Park" 1467:"Jandakot Regional Park" 1342:"Banyowla Regional Park" 1091:Yellagonga Regional Park 1049:Yellagonga Regional Park 457:400 ha (990 acres) 392:300 ha (740 acres) 327:266 ha (660 acres) 121:Download coordinates as: 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Index


Western Australia
City of Bunbury
Shire of Capel
Shire of Dardanup
Shire of Harvey
Darling Range Regional Park
Darling Scarp
Stephenson-Hepburn Report
Perth Metropolitan Region
Environmental Protection Authority
state Government
Department of Conservation and Land Management
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
LGA
Banyowla Regional Park
City of Gosnells
City of Armadale
32°03′15″S 116°02′27″E / 32.05417°S 116.04083°E / -32.05417; 116.04083 (Banyowla Regional Park)

Beeliar Regional Park
City of Cockburn
City of Kwinana
City of Melville
32°10′03″S 115°49′57″E / 32.16750°S 115.83250°E / -32.16750; 115.83250 (Beeliar Regional Park)

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