| Apudthama National Park Queensland | |
|---|---|
 Apudthama National Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Weipa |
| Established | 16 December 1994 |
| Area | 2,370 km2 (915.1 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Apudthama National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
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]
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]
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ^ Qld. Govt. Department of National Parks - Jardine River
- ^ 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.
- ^ Queensland Government (9 September 2022). "Park alert: Apudthama National Park (CYPAL)".