Warby Range State Park
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Warby Range State Park Victoria |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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 Warby Range State Park
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| Nearest town or city | Glenrowan |
| Coordinates | 36°13′06″S 146°10′52″E / 36.2184°S 146.1812°ECoordinates: 36°13′06″S 146°10′52″E / 36.2184°S 146.1812°E |
| Established | 1978 |
| Area | 114.6 km2 (44.2 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Parks Victoria |
| Website | Warby Range State Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Victoria |
Warby Range State Park was a Victorian state park just north of Glenrowan. In 2010 the park became part of the newly declared Warby-Ovens National Park. It is 11,460 hectares (28,300 acres) in area, and named after Ben Warby, a pastoralist who settled in the area in 1844. There is one camping ground, "Whenams".
The 400 m rocky escarpments are believed to have been used by the Kelly gang as a lookout. In 2002, the park was expanded to include the state forest of Killawarra as part of a program of protecting Box-Ironbark forests.
The park 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.
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