Tower Hill State Game Reserve
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The Tower Hill State Game Reserve is located in Victoria
(Australia
), 275 km west of Melbourne, and 15 km north-west of Warrnambool. It encompasses the Tower Hill
volcano and wetland and is 6.14 km² in area.
Tower Hill became Victoria's first National Park in 1892 http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=200. It was declared a State Game Reserve in 1961. At present, firearms are banned from the Reserve.
While earlier part of the Shire of Koroit
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/22_2197.pdf, immediately prior to 1994, it was an unincorporated area managed in conjunction with Lady Julia Percy Island. It then became part of Moyne Shire
. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf
Aboriginal kitchen middens at Tower Hill show 5000 year old Tasmanian Devil
bones.
The site is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
), 275 km west of Melbourne, and 15 km north-west of Warrnambool. It encompasses the Tower Hill
Tower Hill (volcano)
Tower Hill is an inactive volcano on the southwest coast of Victoria, Australia. Within the crater the explosion also formed a series of small cones and spheres surrounded by a crater lake.Tower Hill volcano is roughly 4 km wide and 80 m high...
volcano and wetland and is 6.14 km² in area.
Tower Hill became Victoria's first National Park in 1892 http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=200. It was declared a State Game Reserve in 1961. At present, firearms are banned from the Reserve.
While earlier part of the Shire of Koroit
Borough of Koroit
The Borough of Koroit was a Local Government Area located about northwest of Warrnambool in western Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of immediately to the north of the Tower Hill State Game Reserve, and existed from 1870 until 1985....
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/22_2197.pdf, immediately prior to 1994, it was an unincorporated area managed in conjunction with Lady Julia Percy Island. It then became part of Moyne Shire
Moyne Shire
The Moyne Shire Council is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-western part of the state. It includes the townships of Port Fairy , Koroit , Mortlake , Macarthur , Peterborough , Caramut, Ellerslie, Framlingham, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall, Panmure, Mailors...
. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf
Aboriginal kitchen middens at Tower Hill show 5000 year old Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania. The size of a small dog, it became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936...
bones.
The site is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
Victorian Heritage Register
The Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria, Australia. It has statutory weight under the Heritage Act 1995 which establishes Heritage Victoria as the permit authority...
.