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Chesterton Range National Park

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Chesterton Range is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 585 km west of Brisbane. It is located north east of Morven in both the locality of Redford in the Maranoa Region and Tyrconnel in the Shire of Murweh.<ref>Template:Cite QPN</ref> It lies in the water catchment areas of three waterways. These are the Warrego River, Wallam Creek and the Maranoa River. The park protects part of the Brigalow Belt South bioregion. To the north and the west of the park is Orkadilla State Forest. The average elevation of the terrain is 544 metres.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The park features a small two-room homestead.<ref name="mmh">Template:Cite web</ref> The pastoral holding was abandoned in 1937.<ref name="mmh"/> 13 rare or threatened species have been identified in the national park.<ref name="wetlandinfo"/> This includes a colony of the vulnerable yakka skink,<ref name="mmh"/> then woma python, red goshawk, grey falcon, koala and others.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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