Hell Hole Gorge is a national park in South West Queensland,

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, 912 km west of

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. It is characterized by steep cliffs up to 45 meters high along the Powell Creek and Spencer Creek. Notable waterholes are the Hell Hole Waterhole (0.38 hectares) and Spencer's Waterhole (0.22 hectares). A campground offering primitive camping is available, no potable water is available on site. Access is by four wheel drive vehicles. Hell Hole Gorge National Park is notable in that it is a site of a large massacre of Aboriginal people that occurred as retribution for the killing of Richard Welford of nearby Welford Downs in 1872. Some of the plants that come to life here after rain are '' Hakea maconochiena'', ''

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''. The average elevation of the terrain is 262 meters.

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