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Coordinates: 33°4922S 121°0805E / 33.82278°S 121.13472°E / -33.82278; 121.13472
 

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Stokes National Park
Western Australia

IUCN category II (national park)

Stokes Inlet (Bewenerup) in Stokes National Park
Stokes National Park is located in Western Australia
Stokes National Park

Stokes National Park

Map
Nearest town or cityEsperance
Coordinates33°49′22S 121°08′05E / 33.82278°S 121.13472°E / -33.82278; 121.13472
Established1976
Area97.26 km2 (37.6 sq mi)[1]
Managing authoritiesDepartment of Parks and Wildlife
WebsiteStokes National Park
See alsoList of protected areas of
Western Australia

Stokes National Park is a national park in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 538 km south-east of Perth. The National Park is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Esperance on the southern coast.

The park was named after Stokes Inlet, which lies within the park and is its best known feature, which was in turn named in 1848 by John Septimus Roe the Surveyor General of Western Australia while leading a five-man exploration expedition along the coast, commemorating John Lort Stokes' work on HMS Beagle surveying the Western Australian coast.[2]

The area of the park is 9,726 hectares (24,030 acres)[1] excluding 16 ha (40 acres) that is part of the historic Moir homestead.[3]

The park covers areas of coastal heath and scrubland, smaller areas of low dense forest and sandy beaches around the inlet and coast to the south of the park.

The National Park is on a relinquished pastoral lease, originally known as Fanny Cove Station, which in 1951 became Young River Station. It was then reverted to crown land and national park status by 1973. The Moir homestead ruins from the 1873 establishment at Fanny Cove were on a heritage list by 1993, but have since been destroyed by fire.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Annual Report. Department of Environment and Conservation: 48. 2010. ISSN 1835-114X. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011.
  • ^ Jamieson, Daryl. "The Very Early Pioneers of Munglinup". Munglinup Pioneers 1957 - 1972. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  • ^ "Total Travel - Stokes National Park". 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  • ^ "State Government adds Moir Homestead Ruins to Heritage Register". Government of Western Australia. 8 June 2001. Archived from the original on 12 February 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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