Carnarvon National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Carnarvon Creek and Gorge
Nearest town/city:	Rolleston or Injune
Coordinates:	24°38′09″S, 147°59′50″E
Area:	2,980 km²
Managing authorities:	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Official site:	Carnarvon National Park

Carnarvon is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 593 km northwest of Brisbane. A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution Rolleston is a small town of approximately 85 persons in Queensland. Injune is a small town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Carnarvon Highway, north of the regional centre of Roma Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland

Carnarvon National Park is divided into seven sections:

• Goodliffe
• Salvator Rosa
• Ka Ka Mundi
• Buckland Tableland
• Mt. Moffatt
• Carnarvon Gorge
• Moolayember

Carnarvon National Park protects part of the Consuelo Tableland and is one of the most popular parks in Queensland. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent The most visited area is Carnarvon Gorge. Carnarvon Gorge is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in Central Queensland ( Australia) 593 km northwest of Brisbane. During millions of years meandering Carnarvon Creek created the gorge by wearing away the soft sandstone of the plateau. Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock composed mainly of Sand -size Mineral or rock grains. White, yellow, orange and brown cliffs on both sides of the gorge reach heights up to 200 metres.

The park is accessible from either Rolleston or Injune along the Carnarvon Highway. Rolleston is a small town of approximately 85 persons in Queensland. Injune is a small town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Carnarvon Highway, north of the regional centre of Roma Castlereagh Highway The Carnarvon Highway is a state Highway of Queensland, linking Moree south of the NSW/QLD border via the town of St

The creek in the main gorge gives life to trees, shrubs and ferns, while the shaded side gorges provide havens for ancient rainforest vegetation, ferns and mosses. The abundant animal life includes kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas and many bird species. A kangaroo is a Marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods meaning 'large foot' A wallaby is any of about thirty species of Macropod (Family Macropodidae Echidnas (ɨˈkɪdnə also known as spiny anteaters, are four extant Mammal species belonging to the Tachyglossidae family of the The gorge habitat stands in stark contrast to the dry, dusty and rugged brigalow country around it.

In 2008 aerial culling of brumbies, by shooting,^[1] recommenced in Carnarvon Gorge in Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia.

Aboriginal art at Carnarvon Gorge.

Indigenous Australian rock art can be seen at many places, including Cathedral Cave and the Art Gallery. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands.

References

See also

• Protected areas of Queensland (Australia)

References

• Whelan, Howard. Queensland is the second largest mainland state in Australia. (1996). Touching the Spirit. in Australian Geographic #41. The Australian Geographic is a quarterly geographical journal created by Dick Smith in 1985. pp. 34 - 57. Australian Geographic Society.