    the grampians national park (also gariwerd), commonly referred to as the grampians, is a national park located in the grampians region of victoria, australia. the  national park is situated between  and  on the western highway and  on the glenelg highway,  west of melbourne and  east of adelaide. proclaimed as a national park on , the park was listed on the australian national heritage list on 15 december 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest indigenous rock art sites in south-eastern australia. the grampians feature a striking series of sandstone mountain ranges. ==etymology== named gariwerd by one of the local australian aboriginal languages, either the jardwadjali or djab wurrung language, the ranges were given their european name in 1836 by surveyor general of new south wales sir thomas mitchell after the [[grampian moun
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