Greater Kingston National Park is a national park in the South West region of

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, south of

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. It is located in the Shires of Bridgetown–Greenbushes, Boyup Brook and Manjimup. It is located in the

Jarrah Forest Jarrah Forest, also known as the Southwest Australia woodlands, is an interim Australian bioregion and ecoregion located in the south west of Western Australia.

bioregion. The national park is located in old growth forest of

jarrah ''Eucalyptus marginata'', commonly known as jarrah, in Noongar language and historically as Swan River mahogany, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tree with rough, fibro ...

and wandoo woodlands. Greater Kingston National Park was created in 2004 as Class A reserve No. 47762 with a size of by an act of parliament by the

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on 8 December 2004, as one of 19 national parks declared in the state that day. Greater Kingston is one of only two national parks, alongside Dryandra Woodland, that is a location for an original

numbat The numbat (''Myrmecobius fasciatus''), also known as the noombat or walpurti, is an insectivorous marsupial. It is diurnal and its diet consists almost exclusively of termites. The species was once widespread across southern Australia, but i ...

sub-population. The numbats in the Upper Warren area are present at Greater Kingston National Park and the Tone-Perup Nature Reserve as well as some adjoining State Forest.

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{{National Parks of Western Australia National parks of Western Australia Protected areas established in 2004 Jarrah Forest South West (Western Australia) 2004 establishments in Australia IUCN Category II