Wooroloo Regional Park Explained

Wooroloo Regional Park
Type:Regional park
Location:Shire of Mundaring
Coords:-31.835°N 116.2833°W
Administrator:Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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Wooroloo Regional Park, formerly Chidlow Regional Park, is a conservation park near Chidlow in the Perth Hills, 40 kilometres north-east of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Mundaring.

Overview

Wooroloo, historically also spelled Worrilow and Warriloo, is an Aboriginal word of the Nyungar language, first recorded in 1841. A Noongar elder who was consulted during the renaming process translated Wooroloo as "come back again" or "you will return".

The regional park was renamed in 2008, alongside two other regional parks and three national parks in the area.[1] Prior to 2008 Wooroloo, along with three other regional parks had, been part of the larger Darling Range Regional Park which had been formed in the 1990s.[2]

Wooroloo is one of eleven regional parks in the Perth region of Western Australia. The purpose of these regional parks is to serve as urban havens to preserve and restore cultural heritage and valuable ecosystems as well as to encourage sustainable nature-based recreation activities.[3]

Area

Wooroloo Regional Park consists of the following reserves:[1]

Image Name Location Description Co-ordinates
Beechina Nature ReserveBeechina-31.8562°N 116.3172°W
Beechina North Nature ReserveBeechina-31.8449°N 116.3134°W
Brookside ParkParkerville-31.8794°N 116.1351°W
Falls Park
Keaginine Nature ReserveCopley-31.8127°N 116.3621°W
Lake LeschenaultiaChidlow-31.8542°N 116.2506°W
Leschenaultia Conservation ParkChidlow-31.8674°N 116.2337°W
Milligan ParkStoneville-31.8813°N 116.1689°W
Yennerdin ParkParkerville-31.8814°N 116.1375°W

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New names for hills parks reflect Aboriginal heritage . . 29 May 2021 . 7 August 2008 . 31 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190131145532/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Carpenter/2008/08/New-names-for-hills-parks-reflect-Aboriginal-heritage.aspx . dead .
  2. Web site: Perth Hills bushfire February 2011 review . . 29 May 2021 . 15 April 2011.
  3. Web site: National, marine and regional parks in Western Australia . . 28 May 2021 . June 2017.