Thrushton National Park
| Thrushton National Park Queensland | |
|---|---|
  Thrushton National Park | |
| Coordinates | 27°45′50″S 147°40′00″E / 27.76389°S 147.66667°E |
| Established | 1990 |
| Area | 256.52 km2 (99.0 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Thrushton National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
Thrushton is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 520 km West of Brisbane.
Dense mulga scrub typical of Queensland's Mulga Lands bioregion grows in this park. The park also protects flat spinifex sandplains, dry eucalypt woodlands and relics of the former sheep grazing era.
The land was previously grazed by the Gasteen and other families.[1] They lobbied for it to become a national park in the late 1980s.[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Gasteen, Jim (2005). Under the mulga: a bush memoir. University of Queensland Press. p. 224. ISBN 0702234451.
- ^ Sattler, Paul S. (2014). Five Million Hectares – A Conservation Memoir – 1972-2008. Royal Society of Queensland: Paul Sattler Eco-Consulting. p. 51. ISBN 9780994223210.
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