Mount Augustus National Park
Mount Augustus National Park Western Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Meekatharra |
Coordinates | 24°19′50″S 116°50′37″E / 24.33056°S 116.84361°E |
Established | 1989 |
Area | 91.68 km2 (35.4 sq mi)[1] |
Managing authorities | Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia) (was Department of Environment and Conservation) |
Website | Mount Augustus National Park |
See also | List of protected areas of Western Australia |
Mount Augustus National Park is located 852 km north of
Mount Augustus
Mount Augustus is an inselberg or monocline, not a monolith as often stated in tourist literature.
There is a caravan park at nearby Mount Augustus Station homestead, which also has "Donga" style accommodation and a restaurant which is open in peak tourist season.
Geology
Mount Augustus is composed of sandstone and conglomerate, a formation known to geologists as the Mount Augustus Sandstone, which overlies older granite near its northern end.[3] The Mount Augustus Sandstone was deposited by ancient river systems and is somewhat younger than the 1.64 billion year old granite beneath. The originally horizontal sediments have been folded into an asymmetric anticline by later tectonic movements.
European history
The pastoral lease, Mount Augustus Station, which once included Mount Augustus was settled in 1887.[4] A portion of this lease along with a portion of the Cobra Station lease, totalling 9,168 hectares (22,655 acres) were voluntarily released in 1989 to create the National Park.[4]
See also
- Protected areas of Western Australia
References
- ISSN 1835-114X. Archived from the originalon 11 January 2011.
- ^ Mount Augustus National Park Burringurrah visitor guide (PDF), Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Muhling P.C. & Brakel A.T. 1985. Geology of the Bangemall Group — The evolution of an intracratonic Proterozoic basin. Western Australia Geological Survey, Bulletin 128, 266 p. GSWA download search Archived 13 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Mt Augustus Tourist Park Attractions". Mt Augustus Tourist Park. 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.