Bladensburg is a national park in Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. It includes an area once occupied by a sheep station called Bladensburg Station.
History
Bladensburg lies in the area of what was once Koa tribal territory and, on white settlement, was taken over to run a sheep station,
The of national park were declared in 1984.
Geography
The park is northwest of Brisbane, and just south of the town of Winton.
The park features grassland plains, river flats, sandstone ranges and flat-topped mesas. The main watercourse in the park is the often dry Surprise Creek.
Description
The park is now a protected area containing areas of high biodiversity. It is situated predominantly in the Goneaway Tablelands subregion of the Channel Country bioregion, but also contains some of the Mitchell Grass Downs bioregion. The original Bladensburg homestead, which was probably transported to the site some time in the 1910s, houses the park's visitor information centre today.
Skull Hole, the site of the 1870s massacre of Aboriginal people, is preserved.