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Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

national park in Queensland, Australia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ586572 ↗
Source-derived summary

Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. The national park was previously named Starcke National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.

The national park is 1,619 km northwest of Brisbane and has an area of 8,039 hectares.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)” as national park in Queensland, Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Juunju, Daarrba and Nhirrpan.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Juunju, Daarrba and Nhirrpan providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)”, the useful work is to connect “national park in Queensland, Australia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q586572. VIAF identifies the subject as 315531552. Authority coordinates are -14.941, 145.034. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) primary sources, Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) archive and Juunju research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.