| Mount Buffalo National Park Victoria | |
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 Mount Buffalo plateau as seen from below The Horn. | |
  Mount Buffalo National Park | |
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| Nearest town or city | Porepunkah |
| Coordinates | 36°44′18″S 146°46′30″E / 36.73833°S 146.77500°E |
| Established | 1898[1] |
| Area | 310 km2 (119.7 sq mi)[1] |
| Visitation | circa 200,000 (in 1996)[1] |
| Managing authorities | Parks Victoria |
| Website | Mount Buffalo National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Victoria |
The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The 31,000-hectare (77,000-acre) national park is located approximately 350 kilometres (220 mi) northeast of Melbourne in the Australian Alps. Within the national park is Mount Buffalo, a moderately high mountain plateau, with an elevation of 1,723 metres (5,653 ft) above sea level.
On 4 November 1898 an area of 1,166 hectares (2,880 acres) was reserved around the plateau and Eurobin Falls as Mount Buffalo National Park, making it one of the oldest national parks in Australia. In 1908 a road was opened to the plateau and the park was expanded to 10,406 hectares (25,710 acres); and in 1980 to its current size to take in most of the surrounding foothill country.[2]
On 7 November 2008, the park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves.[3]
- ^ a b c Mount Buffalo National Park management plan (PDF) (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. pp. 1–2. ISBN 0-7306-6138-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Catrice, Daniel (1999). "'The Garden of the Gods' – A Brief History of Mt Buffalo National Park" (PDF). Victoria's Heritage Stories. Parks Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Australian Alps National Parks information". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 10 June 2010.