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Apudthama National Park

The Apudthama National Park (formerly Jardine River National Park) is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 2,137 km (1,328 mi) northwest of Brisbane and about 900 km (559 mi) northwest of Cairns, on the tip of Cape York Peninsula.[1]

Apudthama National Park
Queensland
Apudthama National Park
Nearest town or cityWeipa
Established16 December 1994
Area2,370 km2 (915.1 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteApudthama National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

The park and reserves encompass the traditional country of several Aboriginal groups including people from the Atambaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Gudang and Wuthathi language and social groups. The area is a living cultural landscape, with places and features named in Aboriginal languages, story-places and story-beings, and occupation and ceremony sites throughout. Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.[2]

In 2022, land formerly encompassing Jardine River National Park, Heathlands Resources Reserve and Jardine Resources Reserve were re-described as Apudthama National Park and transferred to traditional owners.[3][4]

Coastal features

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Coastal features include:[5]

  • The southern half of Orford Bay
  • Orford Ness
  • False Orford Ness
  • Hunter Point

Vegetation

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The Apudthama National Park features a complex array of vegetation types, many of which, with the exception of minor occurrences in limited zones close to the south, do not exist elsewhere.[6] The forest types which occur in the National Park can be broken down into nine broad categories:

Closed forests

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Closed scrub

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Asteromyrtus lysicephala scrub - Ericaceae (Epacridaceae) scrub.[6]

Closed heath

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Grevillea pteridifolia heathland.[6]

Closed sedgeland

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Gahnia sieberiana sedgeland.[6]

Open forest

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Low open forest

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Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa / Neofabricia myrtifolia forest.[6]

Open heath

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Nepenthes mirabilis / Asteromyrtus lysicephala heath.[6]

Tall shrubland

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Low open shrubland

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Baeckea frutescens / Asteromyrtus lysicephala shrubland.[6]

Waterfalls

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The park contains several waterfalls and rock pools, including Twin Falls, where the waters of Elliot River and Canal Creek meet, Fruit Bat Falls, Savo Falls and Elliot (Indian Head) Falls.

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    Apudthama National Park
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    Fruit Bat Falls

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  2. ^ Qld. Govt. Department of National Parks - Jardine River
  3. ^ Hinchliffe, Joe (7 September 2022). "'New era': more than 360,000 hectares of Queensland's Cape York returned to traditional owners". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ^ Queensland Government (9 September 2022). "Park alert: Apudthama National Park (CYPAL)".
  5. ^ "Wuthathi Tumra Region - Schedule 2" (PDF). June 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lavarack, P. S. (Peter S.); Stanton, J. P. (James Peter), 1940- (1976), Vegetation of the Jardine River catchment and adjacent coastal areas, the Royal Society of Queensland, pp. 39–48{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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