Carnarvon Range

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title: "Carnarvon Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-queensland", "plateaus-of-australia", "central-queensland"] description: "Mountain range in Queensland, Australia" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnarvon_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain range in Queensland, Australia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

Field	Value
name	Carnarvon
photo	Carnarvon Range.JPG
country	Australia
state	Queensland
region	Central Queensland
range	Great Dividing Range
range_coordinates
length_km	160
width_km
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| name = Carnarvon | native_name = | other_name = | etymology = | photo =Carnarvon Range.JPG | photo_caption = | photo_size = | country = Australia | state = Queensland | region = Central Queensland | district = | range = Great Dividing Range | border = | highest = | elevation_m = | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | length_km = 160 | length_orientation = | width_km = | width_orientation = | area_km2 = | geology = | orogeny = | period = | biome = | map = | map_caption = The Carnarvon Range is a mountain range in Central Queensland, Australia. It is a plateau section of the Great Dividing Range. The Carnarvon Range is 160 km in length.

Geography

North eastern parts of the range have formed a plateau known as the Consuelo Tableland. The plateau contains Aboriginal paintings and sandstone gorges, including in the Carnarvon Gorge. Part of the range is protected within the Carnarvon National Park. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/StateLibQld_1_151535_Rainforest_in_the_Carnarvon_Range,_1938.jpg" caption="[[Rainforest]] in the Carnarvon Range, 1938"] ::

The range marks the northernmost limits of the Murray-Darling Basin and is the headwaters for a number of rivers including the Fitzroy River, Warrego River, Dawson River, Merivale River and the Nogoa River.

History

Gungabula (also known as Kongabula and Khungabula) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Maranoa Region, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall and as well as the Carnarvon Range.

It was first explored by Ludwig Leichhardt but named by Thomas Mitchell, probably after the 4th Earl of Carnarvon.

Environment

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Aboriginal_art_Carnarvon_Gorge.jpg" caption="Aboriginal stencil art in [[Carnarvon Gorge"] ::

The cycad species Macrozamia moorei is a native plant species found naturally in the Carnarvon Range.

References

References

1. "Carnarvon Range (plateau, Queensland, Australia)". [[Britannica Online Encyclopedia]].
2. "Mount Moffatt, Carnarvon National Park". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science.
3. "Gungabula".
4. "Carnarvon Gorge - Human history". Carnarvon Gorge Discovery Centre.

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