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Millstream Chichester National Park Made up of 3 A Class Reserves gazetted in 1961 1969 and 1984 Millstream Chichester National Park is 238497 hectares of rolling spinifex hills stunning escarpments tree lined watercourses and lush wetlands. Originally two separate parks the Millstream National Park and Chichester National Park were joined in 1982. Francis T. Gregory visited the Millstream area during his expedition into the Pilbara in 1861 and it is an excerpt from one of his journal entries that Alex McRae one of the first pastoralists in the area used as inspiration when naming his lease Mill Stream. The Chichester Range and Fortescue River were named by Francis T. Gregory after the British undersecretary Chichester Samuel Fortescue. The first pastoral lease in the area was taken up in 1865 and changed hands several times over the years until 1986 when the lease was purchased by the Department of Parks and Wildlife and rangers stationed within the park to oversee the conversion of the remaining cattle property to a national park. Built in 1920 the homestead housed its last family in 1964 and between 1975 and 1986 operated as a tavern before becoming the parks Visitor Centre. In the early days wool and supplies were carted by camel train betweenMillstreamStationandCossack.Thetrailtookcamerleers over the Chichester Ranges via the Python Pool track which was originally named Harrys Pool after the resident blacksmith. The cameleers watered their camels at Chinderwarriner Pool where homesick station owners planted date palms as well as Cotton Palms Oleander Water Lilies and Aquatic Ferns. Thriving along the watercourses these plants compete with the Millstream Palm a species native to Western Australias North West. The Millstream Chichester National Park is recognised as having important natural recreational and cultural values. The area of land from near the Fortescue River from the Hamersley Range and through to the Chichester escarpment is the homeland of the Yindjibarndi people and the Ngarluma peoples land runs from the Chichester escarpment northward to the sea. The area is of significant cultural importance for both the Yindjibarndi and Ngarluma people and was an important site for inter tribal meetings. Millstream Chichester National Park offers a variety of walk trails including the Homestead Trail Murlamunyjunha Trail Python Pool Trail McKenzie Spring Trail and Mount Herbert Summit and opportunities for swimming picnicking and camping. Python Pool Python Pool is a permanent freshwater plunge pool at the base of a cliff in the Chichester Range escarpment. This popular picnic and swimming spot is located on the Roebourne Wittenoom Road. For more information about the National Park visit www. karrathavisitorcentre.com.au or www.dpaw.parks.wa.gov.au. www.roebourne.org.au 35