Thrushton National Park

Thrushton National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Thrushton National Park
Coordinates 27°45′50″S 147°40′00″E / 27.76389°S 147.66667°E / -27.76389; 147.66667Coordinates: 27°45′50″S 147°40′00″E / 27.76389°S 147.66667°E / -27.76389; 147.66667
Established 1990
Area 256.52 km2 (99.0 sq mi)
Managing authorities Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website Thrushton National Park
See also Protected areas of Queensland

Thrushton is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 520 km West of Brisbane.

Dense mulga scrub typical of Queensland’s Mulga Lands bioregion grows in this park. The park also protects flat spinifex sandplains, dry eucalypt woodlands and relics of the former sheep grazing era.

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