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| | GORP - National Parks - Australia |
 | | Most Australian national parks and reserves are within easy reach of main cities and towns; access varies with the park - some are reached by road, some by air, and a few by rail. |
 | | Since then, about 3200 national parks, conservation parks, reserves, and refuges have been set aside in Australia and Tasmania, totaling more than 40 million hectares (99 million acres), 5.3 percent of the Australian land mass. |
 | | In 1879, the Royal National Park was established south of Sydney - Australia's first, and the world's second, national park. |
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