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	Kosciuszko National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kosciuszko is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 354 km southwest of Sydney.
		The park is contiguous with the Alpine National Park in Victoria to the south, and the Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory to the east.
		The park has an alpine climate and an alpine flora, which is quite rare in Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kosciuszko_National_Park (337 words)

	National Park Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The U.S. Park Police is a law enforcement division of the National Park Service, with jurisdiction in all NPS sites, primarily utilized in urban sites.
		Other units are designated national monuments, historical parks, memorials, historic trails, outdoor recreation areas, wild and scenic rivers, lakeshores, seashores, and battlefields.
		The smallest unit in the system is Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Pennsylvania, at 0.02 of an acre (80 m²).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Park_Service (270 words)

	Thredbo Things to Do Summer Activities
		Mount Kosciuszko is located in the southern section of the Kosciuszko National Park, latitude -36º 27' 3", longitude 148º 15' 8".
		The Kosciuszko National Park is Australia’s highest national park, covering 1.5 million acres of magnificent alpine terrain.
		Park use fees are payable when entering the Park on the Kosciuszko Alpine Way from Jindabyne or Khancoban.
	www.thredbo.com.au /thingstodo/summer/activities.asp?ref=10 (1358 words)

	Biosphere reserves in focus
		Kosciuszko National Park is one of the world’s great national parks, and the largest in New South Wales.
		Kosciuszko Biosphere Reserve is located 500 km southwest of Sydney at approximately 36°30'S, 148°15'E. It contains the highest mountains in Australia, including 250 km2 of alpine and 1,065 km2 of subalpine vegetation, and all New South Wales ski fields.
		Kosciuszko Biosphere Reserve straddles the Great Dividing Range (locally known as the Snowy Mountains) and is the main water catchment for the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers (both flowing towards the west) and the Snowy River flowing to the south.
	www.unesco.org /mab/br/focus/2004Oct/focus.htm (595 words)

	Mount Kosciuszko National Park Snowy Mountains Tourist Information NSW Australia
		Kosciuszko National Park is one of the best-known and most spectacular reserves in Australia, attracting over 3 million visitors each year.
		The park is approximately 150km in length, running from the Victorian border to the west of the ACT's namadgi National Park.
		The NSW government has recently decided to change the spelling of the park from Kosciusko to what is now believed to be the correct spelling of Kosciuszko.
	www.beaufort-guesthouse.com.au /tourist-information/kosciuszko.html (373 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park
		Kosciuszko is one of the best known and best loved national parks in Australia, attracting around three million visitors each year.
		The possum is only found in Kosciuszko National Park above 1500 metres and in the high country of Victoria.
		The park is approximately 150 kilometres in length, running from the Victorian border to the west of the ACT's Namadgi National Park.
	www.australianalps.deh.gov.au /parks/kosciuszko.html (720 words)

	NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
		Der kleinste Park ist mit etwa 80 Quadratmeter das Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial in Pennsylvania.
		Der größte Park ist der Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska, der mit 13,2 Millionen Acres 16% der von NPS verwalteten Fläche ausmacht.
		Der National Park Service (NPS) ist eine stattliche Behörde in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, deren Aufgabe die Verwaltung der Nationalparks in den USA ist.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/N/National_Park_Service (222 words)

	Articles - Mount Kosciuszko
		Kosciuszko National Park is also the location of the closest downhill skiing ski slopes to Sydney, containing the Thredbo and Perisher Blue ski resorts.
		Mount Kosciuszko, located in the Snowy Mountains, in Kosciuszko National Park, is the highest mountain in mainland Australia.
		It was named by the Polish explorer Count Paul Strzelecki in 1840 in honour of the Polish national hero General Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Mount_Kosciuszko (436 words)

	OneDayHikes.com - Hikes and Hiking Trails
		Kosciuszko National Park protects some of Australia's highest country, an alpine wilderness of rounded hills, fragile vegetation, boulders and crags.
		Continue west on Kosciuszko Alpine Way for 56 km to Jindabyne, the main base for the national park.
		And, although the panorama over the national park is 360°, it lacks the impact of the view from Carruthers Peak or its saddle.
	www.onedayhikes.com /Hikes.asp?HikesID=148 (1261 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park
		Kosciuszko National Park is one of the best-known reserves in Australia.
		The area was a reserve in 1944 called Kosciuszko State Park and in 1967 it became a National Park under the control of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
		The park covers an area of 660,000 hectares and contains a variety of landscapes and vegetation.
	www.virtualaustralia.com /australia/photos/landscape/kosciuszko (171 words)

	Australian National Parks in New South Wales including Mount Kosciuszko National Park
		Kosciuszko National Park Kosciuszko is one of the most known and appreciated national parks in Australia, attracting some 3,000,000 visitors each year.
		The park is approximately 150 kilometres in long, running from the Victorian border to the west of the Namadgi National Park.
		It is the largest park in New South Wales and the Australian Alps at 690,000 hectares.
	www.asiacarhire.com /National_Parks/NewSouthWales.htm (340 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park Access - 30/03/2004 - ADJ
		This is the view of the National Parks Association of New South Wales—a view that is being listened to by the Government and being acted upon as part of a pre-election commitment to review the use of Kosciuszko National Park.
		Not only will the people of the Snowy River and the Kosciuszko region be affected by the Government's proposal; the people of Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra who travel hundreds of kilometres during school holidays and other holiday periods to enjoy the national park and bring great economic benefit to the region will also be affected.
		Kosciuszko National Park Access - 30/03/2004 - ADJ
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20040330045 (773 words)

	Namadgi National Park
		Namadgi National Park is located in the southwestern part the Australian Capital Territory bordering Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales.
		I read a little about Skyscraper National Park online, and decided to listen to a sample MP3, just to see what it was like.
		Such was my reaction to The Music of Olympic National Park.
	www.freeglossary.com /Namadgi_National_Park (353 words)

	Geoscience - The Earth - Australian Landforms - Mt. Kosciuszko
		It is within the 690 000 ha Mount Kosciuszko National Park, where several tributaries of the Murray and Snowy Rivers rise.
		Kosciuszko consists of granitic rocks of the Siluro-Devonian Kosciusko Batholith, enclosing the Ordovician Kosciuszko Metamorphics.
		Mt. Kosciuszko is Australia's highest mountain, within the New South Wales portion of the Australian Southern Alps, about 45 km north of the New South Wales-Victorian border.
	www.austmus.gov.au /geoscience/earth/kosciuszko.htm (235 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Mt. Kosciuszko
		The north-south trending greenery is the Kosciuszko National Park which extends for a hundred kilometers or so north of the mountain, as well as the neighboring Begong High Plains to the south.
		Kosciuszko is part of the Great Dividing Range, a long chain of mountains running along the Australian east coast which seperate the arid inland from the more fertile and densely-populated coastal regions.
		On arriving in the Snowy Mountains in 1840, he thought the mountain& gentle slopes were suggestive of the tomb of the Polish general, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who assisted the Americans in the 1770s in their war against the British, and in the 1790s with the Polish again Russia.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15326 (749 words)

	Australian Skiing
		Kosciuszko National Park is home to most of Australia's alpine areas, although it is not high enough to receive an all year round cover of snow, the season has been know to last (for XC skiers) for up to seven months, giving plenty of time for every to enjoy the wonders of this area.
		At the northern end of the park, is Mount Selwyn Ski Resort, slightly smaller, (and cheaper lift tickets) than the others, also with a shorter season.
		History: The area had been used by Aborigines quite extemsively during the summer, for at least a few thousand years, signs of their occupation have been found park wide, some including graves, scarred trees, cave paintings and evidence of moth feasts.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/3048 (452 words)

	Group airs Kosciuszko National Park fears. 06/01/2004. ABC News Online
		A community group in the Snowy Mountains says a proposal to close a number of recreational areas in the Kosciuszko National Park is linked to plans to build a new dam for Canberra residents.
		BUG has also attacked the national parks service over the timetable for public comment on the new draft plan of management, saying it was deliberately set across the Christmas holiday period when many people are away and unable to provide detailled submissions.
		One of the proposals being considered for the draft plan of management of the park is to restrict access to at least three areas in the far south and northern end of the park.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/s1020858.htm (260 words)

	Hindsight - 26/10/2003: Kosi: A National Park History
		Kosciuszko National Park is one of Australia's most famous, iconic and ecologically diverse national parks; a cold wet and mountainous landscape in a flat dry continent.
		The story of Kosciuszko is the story of the development of national parks in Australia: from Aboriginal occupation to European exploitation and finally nature conservation.
		Through the stories of Aborigines, graziers, scientists, park rangers and historians, this program tells the story of how Kosciuszko became a role model for the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, and other national parks around the country.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/history/hindsight/stories/s971643.htm (165 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park - new plans
		Kosciuszko National Park is a large and diverse park.
		In 1986, the Commonwealth Government and the national park agencies within these states agreed to work together to manage these areas.
		Download this plan which examines and proposes methods for feral horse management in the sensitive alpine environments of the state's largest park.
	www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /npws.nsf/Content/Kosciuszko+National+Park+-+new+plans (264 words)

	The World Today - Kosciuszko National Park damage continues
		ELEANOR HALL: Now to the fire in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, which is being described as the worst blaze in more than sixty years.
		National Parks Lawrence Orell is in the Jindabyne Fire Control Centre.
		While the fire is no longer threatening lives, it has destroyed one fifth of the park and weather conditions are once again deteriorating.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s767836.htm (489 words)

	Bushwalking in Kosciuszko National Park
		Despite severe damage caused by the bushfires, the region is slowly regenerating, so we will return to Kosciuszko during the 2005-2006 summer and autumn to document the walks for this book.
		However, just as we were about to start walking (and in many cases, re-walking) all the tracks and trails in the park, the 2002-2003 bushfires struck.
		They devastated much of Kosciuszko, so we were forced to abandon any attempt to revisit the area.
	www.takeawalk.com.au /Z6Main.htm (171 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park celebrates 60 years
		Mr Debus said Kosciuszko National Park was formally declared a 'State Park' on 5 June 1944 as former Premier Sir William McKell announced that it was "the right thing to do".
		Celebrations are underway in the Snowy Mountains for the 60th anniversary of Kosciuszko National Park as the state's largest conservation area, Environment Minister Bob Debus said today.
		"Kosciuszko National Park is a special place that deserves protection for the benefit of future generations," he said.
	192.148.120.24 /npws.nsf/Content/media_040604_kosciuszko60 (626 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park
		One of the Australian Alps national parks, this park is nationally and internationally recognised as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
		This is one of the world's great national parks, and the largest in New South Wales.
		It contains six wilderness areas, and its alpine and sub-alpine areas contain plant species found nowhere else in the world.
	www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /parks.nsf/parkContent/N0018?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0018&Type=Xo (216 words)

	IUCN
		In Kosciuszko National Park, the outstanding Pretty Plain Hut was lost, while the ACT lost the treasured Mount Franklin Ski Chalet.
		On the 2nd February, fires are still burning in remote areas to the south of Canberra in Victoria (near Kosciuszko National Park) and to the north near a small town called Wee Jasper.
		Scientists and managers involved with Kosciuszko National Park were organising for research into fire effects as early as the 31st January 2003.
	www.iucn.org /wcpa/biome/mountain/australiafiresfeb03.htm (2385 words)

	Colong Foundation for Wilderness
		Kosciuszko National Park, the largest park in NSW, deserves a strong ecologically based plan of management that puts nature and wilderness first.
		Such town development proposals are outrageous in one of the country’s most fragile ecosystems, on national park land where nature is supposed to come first.
		This is an appalling coverage for the biggest development in NSW national park history.
	www.colongwilderness.org.au /Kossie/Kossie.htm (1819 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park - Australia
		Kosciusko National Park is located in south-eastern New South Wales and borders in the south-west by the Murray River and in the north-east by the Australian Capital Territory.
		In 1944, Kosciusko State Park was established; in 1967 the area was renamed Kosciusko National Park.
		Nearly 630,000 hectares in extent, it is one of the world's largest National Parks and is recognised internationally as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
	www.candlelightlodge.com.au /kosciuszko.htm (1045 words)

	Kosciuszko National Park Draft Management Plan
		The Kosciuszko National Park draft plan of management, which was released in April, has sparked a great deal of public debate.
		The National Parks Association demanded that a new draft plan of management be established for Kosciuszko National Park.
		I have never been to a Macedonian National Day celebration before, and it was quite an eye-opener.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20040915040 (716 words)

	The National Park Service
		The smallest area is the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, in Pennsylvania, at 0.02 acres.
		Chances are you've been to a park or historic area in the National Park System at one time or another.
		Visit a national park in the U.S. by Elissa Haney
	www.factmonster.com /spot/nps1.html (330 words)

	KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK, WALKING TRAILS, ALPINE WAY, TUMUT, SNOWY MOUNTAINS, NEW SOUTH WALES
		Kosciuszko National Park is the largest National Park in New South Wales covering an area of 6900 square kilometres.
		On the Western side of the mountain ranges is the Alpine Way which has spectacular vies of the Snowy Mountains and across the Kosciuszko National Park.
		The various walking trails around the park are spectacular with beautiful lakes, caves and bushland.
	www.australianexplorer.com /kosciuszko_national_park.htm (309 words)

	Kosciuszko Info
		Recommended books with good trip reports and sketch maps are "Bushwalking in the Kosciuszko National Park" by Charles Warner and "Snowy Mountain Walks" by the Geehi Bushwalking Club.
		The more popular area for the day tripers is the southern area of the park, where Mt Kosciuszko is the destination.
		A region favoured by bushwalkers is The Jagungal Wilderness, in the centre of the park.
	www.wises.com.au /snowyinfo.htm (407 words)

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