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==Description== [[File:Lawn Hill Gorge.JPG|thumb|right|Lawn Hill Gorge]] The Riversleigh Fossil Fields Section of the park is a [[World Heritage Site]] and contains many [[fossil]] remains. Animal bones dating back 25 million years are preserved in the sediments.<ref name=official>{{cite web | title=Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park | website=Parks and forests | publisher=[[Department of Environment and Science (Queensland)]] | date=21 January 2021 | url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/boodjamulla | access-date=8 June 2022 | archive-date=8 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608075157/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/boodjamulla | url-status=live }}</ref> The park contains several permanent creeks, waterholes, gorges, and sandstone ranges. Boodjamulla's ancient [[sandstone]]s and [[limestone]]s have been gradually stripped away over millions of years leaving behind rugged [[escarpment]]s, gorges, and rock outcrops. There are four main [[habitat]]s contained with the park: [[riverine]], [[alluvial plain|alluvial flats]], rocky hills, and [[clay]] plains.<ref name="gorgeous">{{cite journal |last=Pearcey |first=Graham |date=AprβJun 1995 |title=Lawn Hill Gorgeous |journal=[[Australian Geographic]] |volume=38 |pages=52β73 |publisher=Australian Geographic Society |location=[[Terrey Hills, New South Wales]]}}</ref> Lawn Hill Gorge, the primary attraction in the park, cuts through the sandstone plateau of the Constance Range,<ref name="discover">{{cite book |title=Discover Australia's National Parks |last=Hema Maps |year=1997 |publisher=[[Random House]] Australia |location=[[Milsons Point, New South Wales]] |isbn=1-875992-47-2 |pages=184}}</ref> on the eastern extremity of the [[Barkly Tableland]].<ref name="xqnp"/> The gorge has been carved out by Lawn Hill Creek, which flows all year and is fed by numerous freshwater springs from the limestone plateau to the west. The gorge is a rich oasis with cabbage palms and other tropical vegetation.{{cn|date=June 2022}} Also located in the park are the [[Gregory River (Australia)|Gregory River]] and [[O'Shanassy River]]s which flow all year round.<ref name="explore">{{cite book |title=Australia's National and Marine Parks: Queensland |last=Reid |first=Greg |year=2004 |publisher=Macmillan Education Australia |location=[[South Yarra, Victoria]] |isbn=0-7329-9053-X |pages=17 }}</ref> The park contains {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} of walking tracks.<ref name="xqnp"/> [[File:Indarri Falls at Lawn Hill National Park.JPG|thumb|Indarri Falls]]
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