Marlborough Plains (BBN14)

RegionSize(km2): 1,250,611

States: Queensland (QLD)

Latitude:

Longitude:

Climate Zone(s): Subtropical, Tropical

Towns: Bogantungan, Craven, Cremorne, Drummond, Ducabrook, Dunstable, Echo Hills, Glenlee, Joe Joe, Medway, Nandowrie, Narounyah, Narrien, New Banchory, Old Banchory, Pioneer, Portwine Creek, Riverside, Rutland, Sprinvale, Willows, Willows Gemfield, Withersfield

Local Government Areas (LGA): Barcaldine, Central Highlands, Isaac

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Marlborough Plains (BBN14) IBRA subregion land use

ALUMC code and description	Area (ha)	% total area
Total	1,245,296	99.6%
Grazing native vegetation	769,036	61.5%
Other minimal use	169,060	13.5%
Marsh/wetland	151,839	12.1%
Production native forests	43,222	3.5%
Nature conservation	33,492	2.7%
Residential and farm infrastructure	23,956	1.9%
River	12,257	1.0%
Reservoir/dam	6,388	0.5%
Plantation forests	5,991	0.5%
Managed resource protection	5,234	0.4%
Cropping	4,879	0.4%
Services	3,896	0.3%
Transport and communication	3,865	0.3%
Irrigated cropping	2,870	0.2%
Irrigated perennial horticulture	2,062	0.2%
Lake	1,735	0.1%
Mining	1,336	0.1%
Grazing modified pastures	841	0.1%
Manufacturing and industrial	813	0.1%
Utilities	629	0.1%
Irrigated plantation forests	571	0.0%
Irrigated seasonal horticulture	531	0.0%
Grazing irrigated modified pastures	243	0.0%
Intensive animal production	178	0.0%
Waste treatment and disposal	172	0.0%
Irrigated land in transition	93	0.0%
Land in transition	50	0.0%
Intensive horticulture	41	0.0%
Perennial horticulture	16	0.0%
Estuary/coastal waters	< 1	0.0%

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Find area information for locating resources within the Marlborough Plains (BBN14) Bio Region.

Drainage

Drainage Divisions

North East Coast

Drainage Basins

Coral Sea

Fitzroy

Shoalwater

Styx

Waterpark

Drainage sub-basins

Fitzroy River

Shoalwater

Styx River

Waterpark Creek

Nationally Important Wetlands

Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area

Broad Sound

Corio Bay Wetlands

Fitzroy River Delta

Fitzroy River Floodplain

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Hedlow Wetlands

Port Curtis

Shoalwater Bay

Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C

The Narrows

Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands

National Parks

Baga National Park

Broad Sound Islands National Park

Capricorn Coast National Park

Keppel Bay Islands National Park

Keppel Bay Islands National Park (Scientific)

Mount Archer National Park

Mount Etna Caves National Park

Mount O'Connell National Park

Rundle Range National Park

Marine parks (Queensland):

Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park

Conservation parks:

Bukkulla Conservation Park

Causeway Lake Conservation Park

Charon Point Conservation Park

Keppel Sands Conservation Park

Limestone Creek Conservation Park

Long Island Bend Conservation Park

MacKenzie Island Conservation Park

Newport Conservation Park

North Pointer Conservation Park

Princhester Conservation Park

Shoalwater Bay Conservation Park

Tooloombah Creek Conservation Park

State forests

Alligator Creek State Forest

Aricia State Forest

Byfield State Forest

Canal Creek State Forest

Eugene State Forest

Glencoe State Forest

Lake Learmouth State Forest

Marlborough State Forest

Mount Archer State Forest

Mount Larcom State Forest

Rundle State Forest

Scrubby Mountain State Forest

Targinie State Forest

Ulam Range State Forest

Werribee Creek State Forest

Resource Reserves

Bouldercombe Gorge Resources Reserve

Flat Top Range Resources Reserve

Rundle Range Resources Reserve

Fish habitat areas

Broad Sound

Cawarral Creek

Fitzroy River (Rev.1)

Nature refuges

Alectura Nature Refuge

Archontophoenix Grove Nature Refuge

Boyles Ridge Nature Refuge

Develin Nature Refuge

Melomys Nature Refuge

Paddy's Lagoon Nature Refuge

Pindari Nature Refuge

Rockhampton Pistol Club Nature Refuge

Trigona Nature Refuge

World Heritage areas

Great Barrier Reef

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Local Species Information

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Animals

Plants

Fungi

Protists

Bacteria

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References

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Marlborough Plains IBRA subregion — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/ibra-subregion-marlborough-plains/

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wildlife of Marlborough Plains IBRA subregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=ibra-subregion-marlborough-plains