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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = protected | name = Diamantina National Park | state = qld | iucn_category = II | image = Diamantina National Park.jpg | caption = Diamantina National Park, July 2015 | image_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|23|21|26|S|141|08|10|E|display=inline,title}} | relief = yes | map_alt = | nearest_town_or_city = [[Bedourie, Queensland|Bedourie]] | area = 5070 | area_footnotes = | established = 1993 | established_footnotes = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_footnotes = | managing_authorities = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service | url = nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/diamantina/index.html }} [[File:Diamantina National Park 0316.svg|thumb|Map of Diamantina National Park]] '''Diamantina National Park''' is a national park in the [[Channel Country]] of [[South West Queensland]], Australia, {{convert|1278|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Brisbane]]. Like the [[Diamantina River]] that flows through it, it is named for Lady [[Diamantina Bowen]], wife of Sir [[George Bowen]], the first Governor of Queensland. Established in 1993 after the [[Queensland Government]] purchased [[Diamantina Lakes Station]] in 1992 and gazetted the property as a national park with an area of {{convert|507000|ha|abbr=on}}, Diamantina National Park received an award in March 2007 from the [[World Wildlife Fund]] (WWF) for being among the top 10 reserves of the decade. Recognition was given for the successful efforts to protect the [[bilby]], an endangered mammal native to Australia.<ref>[http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=51146 Queensland parks recognised as among best in Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205043719/http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=51146 |date=5 February 2012 }}. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref> Livestock was removed from the park in 1998.<ref name="herqldout">{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2002 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1040-3 |pages=141 }}</ref> Parts of the park contain traditional [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal]] lands. These are noted for their food resources and numerous habitation sites. Aboriginals would roam the area, moving from the [[sandhill]]s and [[Desert pavement|gibber]] country in the wet season and returning to permanent water in the dry season.<ref name="herqldout"/> Average elevations of the terrain is 139 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diamantina National Park topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-us.topographic-map.com/maps/i6vh/Diamantina-National-Park/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=topographic-map.com |language=en}}</ref> ==Birds== With [[Astrebla Downs National Park]], Diamantina National Park forms part of the {{convert|7627|km2|abbr=on|adj=on}} Diamantina and Astrebla Grasslands [[Important Bird Area]], identified by [[BirdLife International]] as such because it is one of few sites known for the [[critically endangered]] [[night parrot]]. It also supports globally important populations of the [[plains-wanderer]], [[Australian bustard]], [[straw-necked ibis]], [[white-necked heron]], [[inland dotterel]], [[Bourke's parrot]], [[black honeyeater|black]] and [[pied honeyeater]]s, [[gibberbird]], [[Hall's babbler]], [[chestnut-breasted quail-thrush]], [[cinnamon quail-thrush]] and [[spinifexbird]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Diamantina and Astrebla Grasslands |access-date=2011-06-18 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref> In 2016, a population of the critically endangered [[night parrot]] was discovered in the park.<ref name="lknp">{{cite web |url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2016/10/largest-known-night-parrot-population-found-in-queensland |title=Largest-known night parrot population found in Queensland |date=25 October 2016 |work=Australian Geographic |access-date=25 October 2016 }}</ref> The parrot is Australia's rarest bird species. This discovery significantly expanded the known range and is the largest known population of the species.<ref name="lknp"/> ==See also== {{Portal|Queensland}} * [[Protected areas of Queensland]] ==Notes== {{Reflist}} {{National Parks of Queensland}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:National parks of Queensland]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1993]] [[Category:1993 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Important Bird Areas of Queensland]] [[Category:South West Queensland]] [[Category:Shire of Diamantina]] [[Category:Diamantina Lakes, Queensland]] {{Queensland-national-park-stub}}
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