Reef Hills State Park

Reef Hills State Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Reef Hills State Park
Nearest town or city	Benalla
Coordinates	36°35′40″S 145°56′11″E / 36.5945°S 145.9363°ECoordinates: 36°35′40″S 145°56′11″E / 36.5945°S 145.9363°E
Established	1986
Area	20.13 km^2 (7.8 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Reef Hills State Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

Reef Hills State Park is a protected area of 2013 hectares, about 5 km south-west of Benalla, in the north east of Victoria, Australia.^[1][2] There are traces of a mining activity from the gold rush. It was established in 1986.

Environment

The park is home to more than 17 mammal species and 100 bird species. It is part of the Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of Box-Ironbark forest ecosystems and several species of threatened woodland birds dependent on them.^[3]

References

1. "Reef Hills State Park", Official website, Parks Victoria, retrieved 2012-01-30
2. Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 2012-01-29
3. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-11-20.