Frenchmans Cap National Park

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Frenchmans Cap National Park was a Tasmanian national park that used the course of the Franklin River around the lower reaches of Frenchmans Cap and adjacent mountains and ridges as its boundary between 1941 and the 1990s. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Despite status as a national park, the geological and geographical features of the park were always of interest. [5] [6]

The National park creation preceded the Franklin Dam controversy, and is now a component part of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Tasmania. Dept. of Lands and Surveys (1951), Frenchmans Cap National Park, The Department, retrieved 11 July 2015
  2. ↑ "Frenchman's Cap Featured In Map". The Examiner . Launceston, Tas. 15 September 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 11 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "New National Park Map". The Advocate . Burnie, Tas. 15 September 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Frenchman's Cap Feature of New Map". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas. 15 September 1951. p. 8. Retrieved 11 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Peterson, JA (1966), Glaciation of Frenchmans Cap-National Park , retrieved 11 July 2015
  6. ↑ Duncan, DM (1973), Reconnaissance Geology of the Frenchman's Cap National Park , retrieved 11 July 2015
  7. ↑ Kleinig, Simon (2012), Frenchmans Cap : story of a mountain, Carindale, Queensland Glass House Books, ISBN   978-1-922120-05-2


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