Editing Russell River National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
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| name                   = Russell River National Park
| state                  = qld
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| managing_authorities   = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
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'''Russell River''' is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 1352&nbsp;km northwest of Brisbane. The park protects a coastal strip between the sea and the [[Russell River (Queensland)|Russell River]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-10-09 |title=About {{!}} Russell River National Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/russell-river/about |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}}</ref> It is part of the [[Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area]], identified as such by [[BirdLife International]] because of its importance for the conservation of lowland [[tropical rainforest]] birds.<ref>BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coastal Wet Tropics. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-12-16.</ref>

Camping is allowed with a camping permit, but the park itself has no visitor facilities.

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/russell-river/index.html Russell River National Park at Queensland's Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing]

{{Far North Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:National parks of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1969]]
[[Category:1969 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Queensland]]


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