Keep River National Park is in the

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, 418 km southwest of Darwin and 468 km west of

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. The nearest town is Kununurra in

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Environment

Aboriginal Rock Art in Keep River National Park

The park has a number of striking sandstone formations and there is an

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art site at the end of the walk along the floor of the Keep River Gorge. The park falls within the tribal area of the Mirriwung and

Gadjerong The Gajirrawoong people, also written Gadjerong, Gajerrong and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory, most of whom now live in north-eastern Western Australia. Language Geoffrey O'Grady classified thei ...

people. Most of the land in the park also lies within the Keep River Important Bird Area, identified as such because of its importance for the conservation of the

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Gouldian finch.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Keep River. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-15.

Access

Like most of the

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parks, access can be restricted due to flooding in the

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. The most comfortable period for visiting is between May and August when the temperature ranges from a maximum of 35 °C to a minimum of 10 °C.

External links

Official fact sheet and map

Updated link for fact sheet

Keep River National Park

References

National parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas established in 1991 1991 establishments in Australia Important Bird Areas of the Northern Territory Kimberley tropical savanna {{Australia-protected-area-stub

Environment

Access

See also

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