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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = protected | name = Southwood National Park | state = qld | image = | caption = | image_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|27|48|53|S|150|08|08|E|display=inline,title}} | relief = yes | map_alt = | nearest_town_or_city = | area = 71.2 | area_footnotes = | established = 1970 | established_footnotes = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_footnotes = | managing_authorities = [[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]] | url = }} '''Southwood''' is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 288 km west of Brisbane. Brigalow-belah forest remnants are conserved in this park on the western [[Darling Downs]]. Few intact examples of this [[vegetation type]] remain on the Downs. Cypress pine, poplar box, wilga bush, false sandalwood, western teatree and other plant species common throughout the semi-arid lands also grow in the park. Southwood's scrubby forests are a refuge for wildlife. More than 92 species of birds have been seen in the park. The [[wonga pigeon]] is close to the inland limit of its range here. Large depressions known as gilgais are scattered through the park. These form by constant wetting and drying of the heavy clay soils. This is the traditional land of the [[Bigambul people]]. Explorers [[Allan Cunningham (botanist)|Allan Cunningham]] and [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Thomas Mitchell]] passed this way but the surrounding area was slow to attract settlers. Formerly known as "Wild Horse Paradise", Southwood became a national park in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/southwood/index.html|title = Southwood National Park|date = 9 June 2011}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Queensland}} * [[Protected areas of Queensland]] {{National Parks of Queensland}} {{Darling Downs}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} [[Category:National parks of Queensland]] [[Category:Darling Downs]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1970]] {{Queensland-national-park-stub}}
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