Paluma Range is a national park located between
Ingham and
Townsville
The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of ...
, in north
Queensland
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, Australia. The park is 1188 km north of
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
.
Geography
The park contains the Jourama Falls,
Crystal Creek
Crystal Creek (also known as Saltwater Creek) is a creek in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It runs for 17.5 km, beginning just below Paluma, flowing through the township of Mutarnee and emptying into the Coral Sea
T ...
and
Lake Paluma.
Ecology
Most of it lies within the
Paluma Important Bird Area
The Paluma Important Bird Area consists of the southernmost section of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Site of north Queensland, Australia.
Description
The geology of the 578 km2 site is dominated by granite and metamorphic rocks, forming ...
(IBA), so identified by
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding i ...
because it is a southern outlier for many species and contains a significant population of the
vulnerable southern cassowary
The southern cassowary (''Casuarius casuarius''), also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary, or two-wattled cassowary, is a large Flightless bird, flightless black bird, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern ...
.
History
On National Parks Day 2010 (Sunday, 28 March 2010), the Queensland State Government announced the addition of 6,510 hectares to the Paluma Range National Park.
See also
*
Protected areas of Queensland
Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia. As at 2020, it contained more than 1,000 protected areas. In August 2023, it was estimated a total of 14.5 million hectares or 8.38% of Queensland's landmass was protected.
List of terrestria ...
References
External links
Queensland State Government announcement
National parks of Queensland
North Queensland
Protected areas established in 1994
1994 establishments in Australia
Important Bird Areas of Queensland
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