Thrushton is a national park in
South West Queensland
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,
Australia
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, 520 km West of
Brisbane
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.
Dense mulga scrub typical of Queensland's
Mulga Lands
The Mulga Lands are an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion of eastern Australia consisting of dry sandy plains with low mulga (habitat), mulga woodlands and shrublands that are dominated by ''Acacia ...
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. They lobbied for it to become a national park in the late 1980s.
See also
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Protected areas of Queensland
Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected.
List of terrestrial protected are ...
References
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Thrushton National Park
National parks of Queensland
Protected areas established in 1990
South West Queensland
1990 establishments in Australia
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