Royal National Park Royal National Park The Royal National Park is a protected national park that is located in Sutherland Shire in the Australian state of New South Wales, just south of Sydney. The national park is about south of the Sydney central business district near the localities of , , and . It was the third national park in the world (after Yellowstone and Mackinac in the United States). It was founded by Sir John Robertson, Acting Premier of New South Wales,<ref name="environment.gov.au/ahdb/place_id=105893"></ref> and formally proclaimed on 26 April 1879. Its original name was "National Park", but it was renamed in 1955
First State National Historical Park on March 25 creating the National Monument. The Conservation Fund donated the 1,100 acres of Woodlawn land to the National Park Service. Language redesignating the First State National Monument as the First State National Historical Park was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2015. The bill also added the Dickinson Plantation, Fort Christina, Old Swedes' Church, and the Ryves Holt House to the park. The NDAA was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama. First State National Historical Park First State National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit which lies primarily in the