Langi Ghiran State Park

The Langi Ghiran State Park is 14 km east of Ararat in the state of Victoria, Australia. The park covers an area of 2695 ha.[1]

Langi Ghiran State Park
Victoria
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Langi Ghiran State Park is located in Victoria
Langi Ghiran State Park
Langi Ghiran State Park
Nearest town or cityArarat
Coordinates37°18′S 143°07′E
Area26.95 km2 (10.4 sq mi)[1]
Managing authoritiesParks Victoria
WebsiteLangi Ghiran State Park
See alsoProtected areas of Victoria

The park can be used for camping, walking and driving. It has steep granite peaks and gentle sloping open woodland sections. The name Langi Ghiran, a corruption of "Lar-ne-jeering" in the language of the local Djab Wurrung people, means "Home of the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos".[2]

Other parks nearby are Mount Buangor to the east and the Grampians/Gariwerd to the distant west.

History

The first European to climb Mount Langi Ghiran was the explorer Thomas Mitchell, on his 1836 expedition through "Australia Felix". He named it Mount Mistake.

There are two reservoirs in the park, built from blocks of local granite in the 1880s. The main reservoir forms part of the water supply for Ararat.

A short-lived "spot mill", for processing timber, was built on the northern slopes in 1940, but little evidence remains of its existence.

References
  1. Langi Ghiran State Park Park Notes, Parks Victoria, October 2006
  2. "Langi Ghiran State Park".
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