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{{Short description|National park in Australia}}
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{{Infobox protected area
| name            = Judbarra National Park
| photo           = Gregory National Park 0317.svg
| photo_caption   = Judbarra National Park
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| iucn_category   = II
| iucn_ref        = <ref name=CAPAD2012NTSum/>
| coordinates     = 
| map             = Northern Territory
| map_alt         = 
| map_width       = 200px
| relief          = 
| label           = Judbarra National Park
| label_position  = 
| location        = [[Northern Territory]]
| established     = 1990
| area_ha         = 
| area_km2        = 13004.12
| area_ref        = <ref name=CAPAD2012NTSum>{{cite web|title=CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/0f927a4e-336a-490c-a896-ec37874a5c73/files/capad2012nt.xlsx|work=CAPAD 2012|publisher=Australian Government - Department of the Environment|access-date=7 February 2014|date=7 February 2014}}</ref>
| visitation_num  = 
| visitation_year = 
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| nearest_city    = [[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]]
| nearest_town    =
| governing_body  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory]]
}}
| website         = {{official|https://nt.gov.au/parks/find-a-park/judbarra-gregory-national-park}}
}}
[[File:Judbarra - Gregory National Park.jpg|thumb|Judbarra National Park, 2010|left]]
'''Judbarra National Park''', formerly '''Gregory National Park''' and '''Judbarra / Gregory National Park''', is a [[national park]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of Australia, {{cvt|359|km}} south of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].

The park is the second largest national park in the Northern Territory, after [[Kakadu National Park]], with an area of {{cvt|13,000|km}}.<ref name=JointPlan>{{citation |url=http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2106/GNP_JMP_final.pdf |title=Judbarra / Gregory National Park and Gregory's Tree Historical Reserve Joint Management Plan |author=Parks and Wildlife Service of the Northern Territory |publisher=Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport |date=June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327085538/http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2106/GNP_JMP_final.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 

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.<ref name=NRETAS>NRETAS [http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/national-parks-and-reserves/parks/find/gregory Judburra/Gregory National Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325182754/http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/national-parks-and-reserves/parks/find/gregory |date=25 March 2012 }}, [[Northern Territory Government]]</ref>

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 people|Wardaman]], [[Ngaliwurru people|Ngaliwurru]], [[Nungali language|Nungali]], [[Bilinara]], [[Gurindji people|Gurindji]], and [[Jaminjung]], and spans the boundary between two major Australian language families, [[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama Nyungan]] and [[Non-Pama-Nyungan]] (Northern).<ref name=JointPlan/>

The [[rock shelter]]s and caves in Judbarra contain an extensive amount of [[Aboriginal rock art]], variously created by painting, [[stencilling]], drawing, printing, and "pecking and pounding". The human figure is the most common motif; the park is "one of the most prolific sites in Australia" for composite engraved and painted human figures. The rock art of the Judbarra region is considered to represent a distinct art province.<ref name=JointPlan/>

==Ecology==
Ecologically, the park is in the transition between tropical and semi-arid zones.<ref name=NRETAS/>

The park has been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) because it supports much of the eastern [[subspecies]] of the [[white-quilled rock-pigeon]] and small numbers of the [[endangered]] [[Gouldian finch]], as well as populations of the [[chestnut-backed buttonquail]], [[partridge pigeon]], [[yellow-rumped mannikin]] and several other [[near-threatened]] or [[savanna]]-[[biome]]-restricted species.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Gregory National Park |access-date=2011-06-29 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date= 6 July 2011 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Solanum scalarium |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/77310466-1 |website=International Plant Names Index |access-date=13 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Lee |title=Scientists stumble on strange bush tomato while hiking in national park |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-08/bush-tomato-species-discovered-nt-national-park/101806166 |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=ABC News |date=7 January 2023 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Gregory's Tree Historical Reserve]]
* [[Protected areas of the Northern Territory]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://nt.gov.au/leisure/parks-reserves/find-a-park-to-visit/judbarra-gregory-national-park
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* [https://norther.com.au/national-parks/judbarra-national-park/ Judburra National Park]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170314154228/https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/278442/judbarra-gregory-national-park.pdf Official fact sheet and map]
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[[Category:National parks of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1990]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Kimberley tropical savanna]]