The Springbrook National Park is a
protected national park
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...
that is located in the
Gold Coast hinterland of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, established_title = Before federation
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,
Australia. The park is situated on the
McPherson Range, near
Springbrook, approximately south of
Brisbane
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. The park is part of the Shield Volcano Group of the
UNESCO
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World Heritage
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listed
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
In December 1994, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee officially extended the area now known as the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area over the
Scenic Rim
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(including Main Range, Mount Barney,