Langi Ghiran State Park

Infobox_protected_area_of_Australia | name = Langi Ghiran State Park
iucn_category = V

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area = 2695 ha
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managing_authorities = Parks Victoria
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The Langi Ghiran State Park is 14Km east of Ararat in the state of Victoria, Australia. The park covers an area of 2695 ha. [Langi Ghiran State Park Park Notes, Parks Victoria, October 2006]

The park can be fused for camping, walking and driving. It has steep granite peaks and gentle sloping open woodland sections. The name Langi Ghiran means ‘home of the black cockatoo’ in the local Djab Wurrung people's language. The black cockatoo was the symbol of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Other parks nearby are Mount Buangor in the East and the Grampians in the distant West.

History

The first European to climb Mount Langi Ghiran was Major Thomas Mitchell, on his 1836 'Australia Felix' expedition. He named it Mount Mistake.

There are two reservoirs in the Park which were built from local granite blocks in the 1880s. The main reservoir forms part of Ararat's water supply and is worth a visit.

A "spot mill" for extracting timber was built on the northern slopes in 1940 but was short lived. Today little evidence remains to remind us of the mill's past operation.

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