{{Short description|National park in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Kent Group National Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = II | iucn_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|39.47|S|147.32|E|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6182235 |title=Kent Group National Park on OpenStreetMap |website=openstreetmap.org |publisher=© OpenStreetMap contributors |access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref> | map = Tasmania | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = yes | label = Kent Group National Park | label_position = | location = [[Tasmania]] | established = {{start date|1971|04|28}}<ref name=CAPAD2014/> | area_ha = | area_km2 = 312.83 | area_ref = (includes marine area)<ref name=CAPAD2014>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B4448CACD-9DA8-43D1-A48F-48149FD5FCFD%7D |title=Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2014 |website=environment.gov.au |publisher=[[Government of Australia|© Commonwealth of Australia]] |access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service]] | website = {{official|https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/kent-group-national-park}} }}
'''Kent Group National Park''' is located in [[Bass Strait]] covering the [[Kent Group]] islands of [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]]. The islands cover an area of {{convert|23.74|km2|abbr=on}} while the marine reserve component of the national park which surrounds the islands cover {{convert|290|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=TPWSNatPark>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3441 |title=Kent Group National Park |website=parks.tas.gov.au |publisher=[[Government of Tasmania]] |date=19 January 2016 |access-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323150116/http://parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3441 |archive-date=23 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History and prior use of the land== The islands have a rich [[Aboriginal Tasmanian|Aboriginal]] cultural heritage with human occupation of the area estimated to date to between 8,000 and 13,000 years ago. The establishment of [[Seal hunting|sealer]] settlements by [[European Australians|Europeans]] in Eastern Bass Strait, including Kent Group, were amongst the earliest outside [[Sydney Cove]]. A lighthouse was constructed on Deal Island in 1848, with permanent human habitation until its deactivation in 1992. Parts of the islands were subject to grazing cattle until as recent as 1996.<ref name=TPWSNatPark/>
==Marine Reserve== Kent Group has a high diversity of fish species, likely due to the convergence of influences including the [[East Australian Current]] and westerly flow of Bass Strait.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3110 |title=Kent Group Marine Reserve |website=parks.tas.gov.au |publisher=[[Government of Tasmania]] |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317173243/http://parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3110 |archive-date=17 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The marine reserve area generally east of Deal Island prohibits fishing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/sea-fishing-aquaculture/recreational-fishing/area-restrictions/marine-reserves#KentGroupMarineNatureReserve |title=DPIPWE Marine Reserves - Kent Group |website=dipiwe.tas.gov.au |publisher=[[Government of Tasmania]] |date=19 November 2016 |access-date=23 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Australia|Environment}}
*[[Protected areas of Tasmania]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/kent-group-national-park Kent Group National Park website] *{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kent Group National Park}} *{{commons cat-inline}} {{National parks in Tasmania}}
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[[Category:National parks of Tasmania]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1971]] [[Category:North East Tasmania]] [[Category:1971 establishments in Australia]]