| Bladensburg National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Nearest town/city | Winton |
| Area | 849 km2 (328 sq mi) |
| Established | 1984 |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Official site | Bladensburg National Park |
Bladensburg is a national park in Queensland, Australia, located 1152 km northwest of Brisbane, and just south of the town of Winton. The 84,900 hectares of national park were declared in 1984.
Birds common to the area include the Painted Firetail, Rufous-crowned Emu-wren and Rufous-throated Honeyeater.[1]
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The park features grassland plains, river flats, sandstone ranges and flat-topped mesas.[2] The main watercourse in the park is the often dry Surprise Creek.[1] During floods the creek becomes a braided channel.
The landscape to the south of the park has dissected tablelands with mesas and buttes and to the far south are flat sand plains.[1]
Bladensburg was once a station, now a protected area containing mulga lands of high biodiversity. It covers both the Channel Country and Mulga Grass Downs bioregions. The original Bladensburg homestead, which was probably transported to the site some time in the 1910s, houses the park's visitor information centre today.[3]
The park contains dinosaur fossils as well as aboriginal story places and ceremonial grounds.[3] Skull Hole, a waterhole in the park was the site of an aboriginal massacre known as the Bladensburg Massacre.[3]
Access to the park is by 16 km of road from Winton.[1] Camping is permitted beside Surprise Creek.[2] No water is available.[1]