Beowa National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Australia
About Beowa National Park
The park was established in 1971 covering 8,900 hectares and was initially named after Benjamin Boyd but has since been expanded to cover 10,486 hectares. Boyd was a wealthy pastoralist and businessman in the 1840s, with interests in shipping (including whaling), based in the South Coast. At the time, the area was part of the District of Port Phillip and Boyd was elected to the NSW Legislative Council for the electoral district of Port Phillip. Boyd was the first in Australia to engage in blackbirding, a practice akin to slavery, when a ship he had commissioned brought 65 Melanesian labourers to Boyd Town in 1847. In the wake of the George Floyd protests around the world and in Australia and the Black Lives Matter movement gaining pace in May-June 2020, calls for the park to be renamed wer
Top Attractions in Beowa National Park
Explore the best things to see and do in Beowa National Park:
- ★Barmouth Beach
- ★Bittangabee Bay ruins
- ★Bittangabee Bay to Green Cape walking track
- ★Boyd's Tower
- ★Boyds Tower to Saltwater Creek walking track
- ★Boyds Tower walking track
- ★Davidson Whaling Station
- ★Disaster Bay lookout
Where to Stay in Beowa National Park
- 🏨Bittangabee campground
- 🏨Green Cape Lightstation Keepers' Cottages
- 🏨Saltwater Creek campground
- 🏨Telegraph Station bunkhouse
Beowa National Park Travel Guide Sections
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