Boodjamulla National Park
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| Boodjamulla National Park | |
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| Nearest town/city: | Burketown |
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| Area: | 2820 km² |
| Established: | 1985 |
| Visitation: | (in [[]]) |
| Managing authorities: | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Official site: | [Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park] |
The park contains several permanent creeks and waterholes, gorges and sandstone ranges. Lawn Hill Gorge, carved by Lawn Hill Creek is a rich oasis with cabbage palms and other tropical vegetation. Fresh-water crocodiles can be found in the gorge.
Boodjamulla’s ancient sandstones and limestones have been gradually stripped away over millions of years leaving behind rugged escarpments, gorges and rock outcrops.
The Aboriginal Waanyi people who have lived in the gorge area for at least 17,000 years know this place as Boodjamulla, or Rainbow Serpent country. Lawn Hill Gorge is sacred to the Waanyi people. Midden heaps, grinding stones and rock art are evidence of the importance of this place. Today, the Waanyi people help manage the park.
The park has a rich pastoral history and Lawn Hill Station was once one of the Queensland's largest cattle properties.
The Riversleigh Fossil Fields Section of the park is a World Heritage Site and contains many fossil remains. Animal bones dating back 25 million years are preserved in the lime-rich sediments.
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