The Royal National Park
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Royal National Park New South Wales |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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A view of the Era beaches on the Royal National Park Coast Track, looking south from Thelma Head
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 Royal National Park
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| Nearest town or city | Sydney |
| Coordinates | 34°07′21″S 151°03′50″E / 34.12250°S 151.06389°ECoordinates: 34°07′21″S 151°03′50″E / 34.12250°S 151.06389°E |
| Established | 26 April 1879 |
| Area | 150.91 km2 (58.3 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service |
| Website | Royal National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
The Royal National Park, colloquially the Nasho or the Royal, is a protected national park that is located in Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney, New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The 151-square-kilometre (58 sq mi) national park is about 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of the Sydney central business district near the localities of Loftus, Otford, and Waterfall.
It was the second national park in the world (after Yellowstone in the United States), and the first to have "National Park" as part of its name. It was founded by Sir John Robertson, Acting Premier of New South Wales, and formally proclaimed on 26 April 1879. Its original name was National Park, but it was renamed in 1955 after Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia passed by in the train during her 1954 tour.
The park was added to the Australian National Heritage List in December 2006.
The park includes the settlements of Audley, Maianbar and Bundeena. There was once a railway line connected to the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line but this closed and was converted to a heritage tramway operated by the Sydney Tramway Museum in Loftus.
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