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IUCN
Category II (National Park)
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| Nearest town/city: | Balranald |
| Coordinates: | 34°37′3.29″S 143°38′35.24″E / 34.6175806°S 143.6431222°E |
| Area: | 311.90 km² |
| Established: | November 2005 |
| Managing authorities: | New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service |
Yanga is a 31,190 hectare national park located on frontage of 170 kilometres (110 mi) on the Murrumbidgee River and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Balranald, in the Riverina region of south west New South Wales.[1]
Yanga was a formerly an important former pastoral station which was established by William Wentworth, an explorer, in the 1830s.[2] In July 2005, the New South Wales Government announced that it had purchased the station for the creation of a national park.[3]
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