Morwell National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = protected

| name = Morwell National Park

| state = vic

| iucn_category = III

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|21|59|S|146|23|26|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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|local_map=yes| nearest_town_or_city = Churchill

| area = 5.65

| area_footnotes = {{cite book|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/313357/Morwell-National-Park-Management-Plan.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401011517/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/313357/Morwell-National-Park-Management-Plan.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-01 |url-status=live|title=Morwell National Park management plan|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=November 1998|isbn=0-7306-6255-1|accessdate=23 August 2014|page=5 }}

| established = {{start date|1966|11|26|df=y}}

| established_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park|title=Morwell National Park|department=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2014|accessdate=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131232650/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead}}

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| managing_authorities = Parks Victoria

| url = http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/morwell-national-park

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The Morwell National Park is a national park located in the western Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The {{convert|565|ha|acre|adj=on}} national park is situated approximately {{convert|164|km}} east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway and {{convert|16|km}} south of Morwell in the Strzelecki Ranges. The park preserves a remnant of previously widespread wet sclerophyll forests and some rainforest remnants restricted to deep creek gullies. 320 plant species have been recorded for this park, including five rare or threatened species and 44 orchid species. 129 native fauna species have been recorded, including 19 mammals, 96 birds, 11 reptiles and three amphibians.{{cite web|title=Morwell National Park Visitor Guide|date=June 2008|department=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|url=http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources05/05_1523.pdf|accessdate=23 August 2014 }}

Weeds and pest animals represent a threat to the park, particularly because of its small size.

The park was created by a 1967 Act of Parliament, in response to lobbying from members of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Club members had recognised the ecological significance of the land in the early 1950s after finding butterfly orchid (Sarcochilus australis), as well as other notable species of flora and fauna.{{Citation |author1=Rayment, Philip |title=To protect and enjoy : the first fifty years of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club : 1960-2010 / [authored and edited by Philip Rayment; with contributions from Bon Thompson and Lorna Long; drawings by Beatrice Roberts] |year=2010 |publisher=Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club |language=English |isbn=9780980419719 |author2=Thompson, Bon |author3=Long, Lorna |author4=Roberts, Beatrice |author5=Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club}}

The national park is protected by the local conservation society, the Friends of Morwell National Park.{{Cite web |title=Morwell National Park |url=https://morwellnp.pangaean.net/browser/index.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |publisher=Friends of Morwell National Park}}