Mariala National Park
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Mariala National Park is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 810 km west of Brisbane. Mariala lies within the Mulga Lands bioregion and the Shire of Quilpie local government area.<ref name="wetland">Template:Cite web</ref> It is located with the water catchment areas of the Bulloo, Paroo and Warrego rivers.<ref name="wetland"/> Mariala covers Template:Convert.<ref name="wetland"/>
The park was part of the Ambathala pastoral holding which operated from 1875 until the early 1980s.<ref name="nch">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1982, the area became a scientific reserve, making it the first protected area to preserve part of Queensland's extensive Mulga Lands. A decade later, it was declared a national park.<ref name="nch"/>
A total of six rare or threatened species have been identified in the national park.<ref name="wetland"/> These include Major Mitchell's cockatoo and the rare square-tailed kite.<ref name="nch"/>