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Judbarra National Park, formerly Gregory National Park, is a
Judburra/Gregory National Park
,
Official fact sheet and map
National parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in Australia Important Bird Areas of the Northern Territory Kimberley tropical savanna {{Australia-protected-area-stub
Judbarra National Park, formerly Gregory National Park, is a national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
of Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, 359 km south of Darwin.
The park is the second largest national park in the Northern Territory, after Kakadu National Park, with an area of 13,000 km2 (1.3 million ha). Ecologically, it is in the transition between tropical and semi-arid zones.
The park was formerly known as Gregory National Park, but on 21 October 2011, it was announced that under a joint management plan with the traditional owners, the park would be dual-named "Judbarra" for a period of ten years. Beginning in 2021, its official name will be Judbarra National Park.NRETAJudburra/Gregory National Park
,
Northern Territory Government
The Government of the Northern Territory of Australia, also referred to as the Northern Territory Government, is the Australian territorial democratic administrative authority of the Northern Territory. The Government of Northern Territory wa ...
The park consists of two geographically disjoint sections. The larger section lies to the southwest of the smaller northeastern section.
Indigenous people and culture
The park includes traditional lands of severalIndigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
groups, including Ngarinyman
The Ngarinman or Ngarinyman people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory who spoke the Ngarinyman language.
Country
According to an estimate made by Norman Tindale, the Ngarinman held some of territory. Their central dom ...
, Karrangpurru, Malngin
The Malngin are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Malngin language was a dialect of Gurindj.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated their tribal lands to have encompassed some and placed their western ...
, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Nungali, Bilinara
The Bilinarra, also spelt Bilingara and Bilinara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
The Bilinarra language is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages. It is mutually ...
, Gurindji Gurindji may refer to:
* Gurindji, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia
*Gurindji people, an Australian Aboriginal people
**Gurindji language, the language of the Gurindji people
**Gurindji Kriol language, the main language now spoken by Guri ...
and Jaminjung, and spans the boundary between two major Australian language families, Pama Nyungan Pama or PAMA may refer to:
Places
* Pama, Austria
* Pama, Burkina Faso
* Pama Township, Tibet
As an acronym
* PAMA (liqueur), a pomegranate liqueur produced in the United States
* Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives, a publicly run facility i ...
and Non-Pama-Nyungan (Northern).
The rock shelters and caves in Judbarra / Gregory contain an extensive amount of rock art
In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces. A high proportion of surviving historic and prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type also ...
, variously created by painting, stencilling, drawing, printing, and "pecking and pounding". The human figure is the most common motif; the park is "one of the most prolific sites in Australia" for composite engraved and painted human figures. The rock art of the Judbarra region is considered to represent a distinct art province.
Birds
The park has been identified byBirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding ...
as an Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
(IBA) because it supports much of the eastern subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
of the white-quilled rock-pigeon and small numbers of the endangered
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...
Gouldian finch, as well as populations of the chestnut-backed buttonquail
The chestnut-backed buttonquail (''Turnix castanotus'') is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Taxonomy
John Gould described the species in 1840, from a specimen collected by Benjamin Bynoe, ship's surgeon of ...
, partridge pigeon
The partridge pigeon (''Geophaps smithii'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
It is threate ...
, yellow-rumped mannikin
The yellow-rumped mannikin (''Lonchura flaviprymna'') also known as the yellow-rumped munia, is a species of estrildid finch found in the eastern Kimberley region and north-west Northern Territory, Australia. It has an estimated global extent of ...
and several other near-threatened
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify f ...
or savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
-biome
A biome () is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate. Biomes may span more than one continent. Biome is a broader ...
-restricted species.
See also
*Protected areas of the Northern Territory
The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Te ...
References
External links
*Official fact sheet and map
National parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in Australia Important Bird Areas of the Northern Territory Kimberley tropical savanna {{Australia-protected-area-stub