Editing Point Nepean (section)

==Land==
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Parts of Point Nepean were declared as a national park in 1988.<ref name=mgmtplan>{{cite book |url= http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/313356/Mornington-Peninsula-National-Park-and-Arthurs-Seat-State-Park-Plan.pdf |type=PDF |title=Mornington Peninsula National Park and Arthurs Seat State Park management plan |work=[[Parks Victoria]] |publisher=Government of Victoria |year=2013 |orig-date=1988 |edition=amended |isbn=978-0-7306-6743-8 |page=5 |access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> The [[Australian Government]] offered to sell the land to the [[Victoria State Government]] in 1998 and again in 2001, but the state rejected the offer.

In 2002 the [[Department of Defence (Australia)|Department of Defence]] proposed selling {{convert|311|ha|acre}} of land for development, retaining {{convert|1.6|ha|acre}} which contained contaminated soil and unexploded [[Ammunition#Ordnance ammunition|ordnance]]. The proposed sale was abandoned in 2003 following strong community protest. In 2004, {{convert|90|ha|acre}} of Defence land was transferred to the Commonwealth government's Point Nepean Community Trust, which managed the former Quarantine Station until the land was transferred to the Victorian government on 8 June 2009. The Commonwealth also transferred {{convert|205|ha|acre}} of bushland (former Firing Range area) to [[Parks Victoria]] and the remaining {{convert|17.6|ha|acre}} to the [[Shire of Mornington Peninsula]] for community use.

The former Quarantine Station was opened to the community as part of Point Nepean National Park in December 2009; and the area is now managed by Parks Victoria as part of the [[Mornington Peninsula National Park]] and the [[Arthurs Seat State Park]].<ref name=mgmtplan/>