Mount Aberdeen National Park
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Mount Aberdeen is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 961 km northwest of Brisbane, and 40 km south-west of Bowen. The Park is in 2 sections; the Mount Aberdeen section of 1840ha dedicated in 1952, and the Highlanders Bonnet section of 1370ha dedicated in 1967. The Park has no direct public access road or public facilities. Both Mount Aberdeen and Highlander's Bonnet are composed of granite, with Mount Aberdeen summit reaching 901 m and Highlander's Bonnet 624 m. ()
Queensland
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Wildlife
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Koala ("Bear")
The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living...
Mammals
Northern quoll
The northern quoll, also known as the northern native cat, the North Australian native cat, the satanellus or the njanmak in the indigenous Mayali language, djabo'' in Kunwinjku in is a...
Mammals
Eastern grey kangaroo
The eastern grey kangaroo is a marsupial found in eastern third of Australia, with a population of several million. It is also known as the great grey kangaroo and the forester kangaroo.
Mammals
Wallaroo, Euro, Hill Kangaroo
The common wallaroo or wallaroo, also known as the euro or hill wallaroo is a species of macropod. The word euro is particularly applied to one subspecies. The eastern wallaroo is mostly...
Mammals
Unadorned Rock Wallaby
The unadorned rock-wallaby is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is paler than most of its relatives and even plainer...
Mammals
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