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Main Range National Park, the Glossary

The Main Range is a mountain range and national park in Queensland, Australia, located predominantly in Tregony, Southern Downs Region, southwest of Brisbane.^[1]

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Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
National parks of South East Queensland
Volcanism of Australia (continent)

Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his expeditions into uncolonised areas of eastern Australia to collect plants and report on the suitability of the land for grazing purposes.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bare Rock

Bare Rock is a rock which lies northeast of Berntsen Point in the entrance to Borge Bay, off the west side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands rising to an elevation of.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Black-breasted buttonquail

The black-breasted buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster) is a rare buttonquail endemic to eastern Australia.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Camping

Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent.

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Coxen's fig parrot

Coxen's fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni), also known as the blue-browed, red-faced or southern fig parrot or lorilet, is one of the smallest and least known Australian parrots.

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Cunninghams Gap

Cunninghams Gap is a pass over the Great Dividing Range between the Darling Downs and the Fassifern Valley in Queensland, Australia.

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Dalrymple Creek, Queensland

Dalrymple Creek is a locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

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Darling Downs

The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia.

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Dike (geology)

In geology, a dike or dyke is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body.

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Eastern bristlebird

The eastern bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus) is a species of bird in the bristlebird family, Dasyornithidae.

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Fassifern Valley

Fassifern Valley is a valley of the Scenic Rim in South East Queensland.

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Fleay's barred frog

Fleay's barred frog (Mixophyes fleayi) is a large species of frog restricted to small pockets of rainforest in northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, Australia.

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Frazerview, Queensland

Frazerview is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Geological Society of Australia

The Geological Society of Australia (GSA) was established as a non-profit organisation in 1952 to promote, advance and support earth sciences in Australia.

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George Elphinstone Dalrymple

George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

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Giant barred frog

The giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) is a species of barred frog found in Australia.

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Gondwana Rainforests

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world. Main Range National Park and Gondwana Rainforests are Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.

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Hastings River mouse

The Hastings River mouse (Pseudomys oralis) is a species of Australian rodent in the subfamily Murinae of the family Muridae.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Land clearing in Australia

Land clearing in Australia describes the removal of native vegetation and deforestation in Australia.

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Lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

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List of heritage registers

This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded.

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Little Liverpool Range

The Little Liverpool Range is a mountain range of the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Creek valley, part of the Great Dividing Range, which is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia.

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Lizard Point (Queensland)

Lizard Point, Queensland is a rocky outcrop between Mount Steamer and Mount Roberts.

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Lockyer Valley

The Lockyer Valley is an area of rich farmlands that lies to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and east of Toowoomba.

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McPherson Range

The McPherson Range is an extensive mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, heading in an easterly direction from near Wallangarra to the Pacific Ocean coastline.

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Milsons Point

Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Moogerah Dam

The Moogerah Dam is a mass concrete double curvature arch dam with an un-gated spillway across Reynolds Creek in South East Queensland, Australia, now within the locality of Moogerah in the Scenic Rim Region.

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Mount Asplenium

Mount Asplenium is a mountain in the Main Range of south-east Queensland, Australia.

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Mount Cordeaux

Mount Cordeaux is a mountain near Brisbane, Australia and rises 1,135 m. It lies to the immediate north of Cunninghams Gap in the Main Range National Park.

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Mount Huntley

Mount Huntley is one of the mountains of the Main Range in south-east Queensland, Australia.

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Mount Mitchell (Queensland)

Mount Mitchell (Aboriginal: Cooyinnirra), is a twin-peaked volcanic mountain with an elevation above sea level of, located in the Main Range, is about west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and immediately south of Cunninghams Gap.

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Mount Steamer

Mount Steamer is a mountain in Emu Vale in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Mount Superbus

Mount Superbus lies south-west of the centre of Brisbane, Australia and is South East Queensland's highest peak at.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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National Heritage List (Australia)

The Australian National Heritage List or National Heritage List (NHL) is a heritage register, a list of national heritage places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia, established in 2003.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Picnic

A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (''al fresco'') as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer or spring.

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Protected areas of Queensland

Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia.

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Queen Mary Falls

The Queen Mary Falls is a plunge waterfall on Spring Creek, in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Main Range National Park and Queen Mary Falls are Darling Downs.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.

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Random House

Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.

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Red goshawk

The red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) is probably the rarest Australian bird of prey.

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Scenic Rim

The Scenic Rim is a group of forested mountain ranges of the Great Dividing Range, located south of Brisbane agglomeration, straddling the border between south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Main Range National Park and Scenic Rim are important Bird Areas of Queensland.

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Sclerophyll

Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat.

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground.

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South East Queensland

South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million.

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Southern Downs Region

The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Main Range National Park and Southern Downs Region are Darling Downs.

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Spicers Gap

Spicers Gap is a mountain pass that is located west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and was the original route over the Great Dividing Range in the area around Brisbane. Main Range National Park and Spicers Gap are Darling Downs.

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Spicers Gap Road

Spicers Gap Road is a heritage-listed road at Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park (in the Main Range National Park), Tregony, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park

The Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park is a protected conservation park located within the Main Range National Park in south east Queensland, Australia. Main Range National Park and Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park are Darling Downs and Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Range_National_Park

Also known as Main Range, Queensland.

, Scenic Rim, Sclerophyll, Shield volcano, South East Queensland, Southern Downs Region, Spicers Gap, Spicers Gap Road, Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park, Spicers Peak, Steamer Range, Stockman (Australia), Subtropics, Tertiary, Threatened species, Tiger quoll, Trachyte, Tregony, Queensland, Warwick, Queensland, Wilsons Peak, World Heritage Site.

Main Range National Park, the Glossary

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See also

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

National parks of South East Queensland

Volcanism of Australia (continent)

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