Alfred National Park Alfred National Park The Alfred National Park is a national park located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. The national park is situated approximately east of Melbourne and was declared in 1925. The park is dissected by the Princes Highway, between and . The park reserves examples of warm temperate rainforest, particularly the jungle of Mount Drummer. Compared to the tropical rainforests of Queensland and New South Wales, this is a floristically depauperate forest, representing as it does the southern limit of this flora. This region is biogeographically interesting as the meeting point between the
Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park Kakadu National Park, located in the Northern Territory of Australia, possesses within its boundaries a number of large uranium deposits. The uranium is legally owned by the Australian Government, and is sold internationally, having a large effect on the Australian economy. The mining has been controversial, due to the widespread publicity regarding the potential danger of nuclear power and uranium mining, as well as because of objections by some indigenous groups. This controversy is significant because it involves a number of important political issues in Australia: Native Title, the environment, and Federal-State-Territory relations. Kakadu