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Judbarra National Park, formerly Gregory National Park and Judbarra / Gregory National Park, is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia, south of Darwin.
The park is the second largest national park in the Northern Territory, after Kakadu National Park, with an area of .
The park was formerly known as Gregory National Park, but on 21 October 2011, it was announced that under a joint management plan with the traditional owners, the park would be dual-named "Judbarra / Gregory National Park" for a period of ten years. Since 2021, its official name is Judbarra National Park.
The park consists of two geographically disjoint sections. The larger section lies to the southwest of the smaller northeastern section.
Indigenous peoples and culture
The park includes traditional lands of several Indigenous Australian groups, including Ngarinyman, Karrangpurru, Malngin, Wardaman, Ngaliwurru, Nungali, Bilinara, Gurindji, and Jaminjung, and spans the boundary between two major Australian language families, Pama Nyungan and Non-Pama-Nyungan (Northern).
A plant that is only known to the park, Solanum scalarium, also known as Garrarnawun bush tomato, was collected near Garrarnawun Lookout in 2018 and formally described in 2022.
See also
- Gregory's Tree Historical Reserve
- Protected areas of the Northern Territory
References
External links
- Judburra National Park
- Official fact sheet and map