Southwest
Taunton National Park: Queensland's Vital National Park and Endangered Species Refuge
Mapped brigalow landscapes and semi-arid woodland terrain.
Taunton National Park in Central Queensland is a protected area of immense conservation value, serving as the last known natural habitat for the endangered bridled nail-tail wallaby. This national park protects representative ecosystems of the Northern Brigalow Belt, featuring distinct brigalow vegetation communities and poplar box woodlands across its cracking clay and texture-contrast soils. Understand the park's geographic setting, its mapped terrain, and the critical role it plays in preserving Australia's unique marsupial populations and diverse flora within the wider regional context.
- Area
- 116 km²
- Established
- 1986
- IUCN
- II
- Relief
- Lowland

