Frank Hann National Park Explained

Type:protected
Frank Hann National Park
State:wa
Iucn Category:II
Local Map:yes
Zoom:9
Coordinates:-32.9281°N 120.2372°W
Relief:yes
Nearest Town Or City:Lake King
Area:675.5
Area Footnotes:[1]
Established:1970
Managing Authorities:Department of Parks and Wildlife
Url:https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/frank-hann

Frank Hann National Park is a national park in Western Australia, located 428km (266miles) east-southeast of the capital, Perth in the Shire of Lake Grace. It was named for Frank Hann, an early explorer of the district. The park contains a wide array of flora, including seasonal wildflowers.

It was officially named on 30 October 1970.

The park is mostly composed of heathland and scrubland[2] situated on an inland sandplain.[3] No entrance fee[4] is required to enter the park but no facilities are available to visitors in the park.

The park is found within the Eastern Mallee (IBRA) subregion in southern Western Australia.

Some of the flora found within the park include Acacia mackeyana,[5] Acacia dissona[6] and Banksia xylothemelia.

Fauna found within the park include lizards such as the marbled gecko, the clawless gecko, the crested dragon, the callose-palmed shining-skink and the bright crevice skink. Many frog species also inhabit the area including Myobatrachus gouldii, Pseudophryne guentheri and Limnodynastes dorsalis.[7] Birdlife such as the emu, the Nankeen kestrel, the brown falcon, the little eagle, the crested pigeon, the brush bronzewing, the mulga parrot and the Australian bustard have all been found within the park boundaries.

The park also supports an array of mammals including short-beaked echidna, the western quoll, Gilbert's dunnart, the honey possum, the western grey kangaroo, the western brush wallaby, Gould's wattled bat and Mitchell's hopping mouse.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 2010 . Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report . Annual Report . 48 . Department of Environment and Conservation . 1835-114X . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110111124319/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/ . 11 January 2011 . dmy .
  2. Web site: Totaltravel - Frank Hann National Park. 2009. 28 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140420/http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/listing/623447/australia/wa/esperancearea/frank-hann-national/. 18 July 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: Australian Tourism Net -South East Coast National Parks. 2009. 28 September 2010.
  4. Web site: Frank Hann National Park. 2009. 28 September 2010. 19 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110319112602/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,109/Itemid,755/. dead.
  5. Web site: Mackey's Wattle. https://web.archive.org/web/20060824053304/http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/kalannie/mackeyana.pdf . 2006-08-24 . live. 2000. 28 September 2010.
  6. Web site: Acacia dissona. https://web.archive.org/web/20060824032255/http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/kalannie/dissona_var_indoloria.pdf . 2006-08-24 . live. 2000. 28 September 2010.
  7. Web site: The Wilderness Society - Vertebrate Fauna of the Honman Ridge - Great Western Woodlands WA. 2006. 28 September 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726123518/http://www.gondwanalink.org/GWWsurvey.html. 26 July 2011. dmy-all.