Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park
| Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service | |
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| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
The Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park is a
Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[3]
The park draws its name from Spicers Gap, located near Killarney.
History
The
Cobb and Co Coaches and was later replaced by the Cunninghams Gap Road named after explorer Allan Cunningham who established the route. The road was constructed by convicts during the 19th century and was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1999.[4]
Until the late 1990s, Spicers Gap Road was a popular diversion from the
gazetted
as a conservation park. This is the section at the crest of the gap and was done in order to preserve some of the road's unique 19th century engineering features.
See also
References
- Government of Queensland. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park (entry 601732)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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