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Whian Whian State Conservation Area

State Conservation Area in New South Wales, Australia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ55637594 ↗
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Whian Whian State Conservation Area is one of the protected areas of New South Wales, operated by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

The Conservation Area is west of Byron Bay, New South Wales and north of Lismore, New South Wales, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

The Conservation Area lies within the Nightcap National Park and both areas are Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Sites. A main attraction in the park is Minyon Falls.

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The public source identifies “Whian Whian State Conservation Area” as state Conservation Area in New South Wales, Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Whian, State and Conservation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 80-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Whian, State and Conservation providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Whian Whian State Conservation Area” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.