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Abel Tasman National Park is a New Zealand national park located between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay at the north end of the South Island. It is named after Abel Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European explorer to sight New Zealand and who anchored nearby in Golden Bay. ==History== The park was founded in 1942, largely through the efforts of ornithologist and author Perrine Moncrieff to have land reserved for the purpose. Moncrieff served on the park board from 1943 to 1974.〔http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4m57/moncrieff-perrine〕 The park was opened on the 18 December 1942 to mark the 300th anniversary of Abel Tasman's visit.〔Historic Event, Evening Post, Wellington, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 127, 25 November 1942, Page 3〕 Those in attendance at the opening ceremony at Tarakohe included Charles van der Plas, as personal representative of the Netherlands' Queen, Wilhelmina. The Queen was made Patron of the park.〔Tasman Tercentenary, Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1942, Page 4〕 The idea for the park had been under consideration since June 1938. The Crown set aside , comprising of proposed state forest, of Crown land and of other reserve land for the national park.〔Memory of Tasman A new National Park, Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 147, 18 December 1942, Page 4〕 The Golden Bay Cement Company donated the land where the memorial plaque was sited.〔 The area's primary historic interest was the visit of Tasman in 1642, D'Uville in 1827, and the New Zealand Company barques ''Whitby'' and ''Will Watch'', and brig ''Arrow'' in 1841. The site was also of significant botanical interest.〔 By 1946 the park had reached in area with additional land purchases. A further at Totaranui, formerly owned by William Gibbs, was acquired from J S Campbell in 1949 and added to the park.〔Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1949 Session I, C-10 Page 4〕 About have been added since. In 2008 an extra , including the formerly private land known as Hadfields Clearing, were added to the park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abel Tasman National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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