Fitzgerald River National Park
| Fitzgerald River National Park | |
|---|---|
Gairdner River in the National Park | |
Fitzgerald River National Park | |
| Location | Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°56′51″S 119°36′55″E / 33.94750°S 119.61528°E |
| Area | 2,972.11 km2 (1,147.54 sq mi) |
| Established | 1973 |
| Visitors | 40000 (in 2008) |
| Governing body | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions |
| Website | exploreparks |
Fitzgerald River National Park is a national park in the Shires of Ravensthorpe and the Shire of Jerramungup in Western Australia, 419 kilometres (260 mi) southeast of Perth. The park is recognised on Australia's National Heritage List for its outstanding diversity of native plant species; there are 75 plant species which are unique to the 329,882 hectares (815,160 acres) park, and a further 250 are rarely found elsewhere. Although the park only occupies 0.2 percent of Western Australia's land surface, it is home to approximately 20% of the state's described plant species.
There is also an eponymous locality, stretching across the shires of Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe, but the boundaries of the national park and the locality are not identical.