Braeside Park
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| Braeside Park | |
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| Type | Metropolitan regional park |
| Location | Braeside, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°59′53″S 145°07′44″E / 37.998°S 145.129°E |
| Area | 310 hectares (770 acres) |
| Managed by | Parks Victoria |
| Visitors | 460,000 (in 2017)[1] |
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Braeside Park is a 310-hectare (770-acre) metropolitan, recreational and conservation park in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Braeside.[1][2]
Before European settlement, the Bunurong people lived in and around the area for thousands of years. In 1851, the Colony of Victoria was established after separation from New South Wales; leases held by squatters were withdrawn and the land was surveyed, divided into portions and auctioned. The park since had a history of various owners and land uses. In 1982, Parks Victoria, assumed responsibility for Braeside park.[3]
Geography
The park's natural environment includes wetlands, heathlands and red gum woodlands.
The wetlands are made up of herbaceous native and introduced plant species which provide habitat for water-dependent birds. The heathland is located on sandy well-drained soil with vegetation including trees (mostly the manna gum), shrubs, sedges, grasses, groundcovers and herbs. The red gum woodlands consists of river red gums and a grassland of introduced grasses, mostly pasture grasses, due to the area's history of cattle grazing.[4]
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