Mount Chinghee is a national park in

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, Australia, south of

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. It is part of the Shield Volcano Group of the

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inscribed in 1986 and added to the

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in 2007. It is also part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in the conservation of several species of

threatened Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensa ...

birds.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Scenic Rim. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-10-03. It was initially called Telemon Environment Park until it was gazetted as Mount Chinghee National Park in 1994. The national park has no walking tracks or visitor facilities.

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National parks of South East Queensland Protected areas established in 1994 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia Important Bird Areas of Queensland 1994 establishments in Australia Scenic Rim Region {{Queensland-national-park-stub

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