Riversleigh World Heritage Site, Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park

The Waanyi people welcome you to Boodjamulla country and ask that you respect their special place. Riversleigh’s ancient landscape, part of the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites World Heritage Area, is recognized as one of the top 10 fossil sites in the world. Visitors can explore a publicly accessible area that was one of the first fossil deposits discovered, offering a firsthand view of many fossilised mammals and reptiles. The Riversleigh fossil deposits are among the world's richest and most extensive, with fossils dating back 15 to 25 million years. The site showcases remarkable mammalian assemblages from a continent with a uniquely isolated and distinctive evolutionary history. It includes the first records of many living mammal groups, such as marsupial moles and feather-tailed possums, as well as unique extinct species like the 'marsupial lion.' The Australian Fossil Mammal Sites at Riversleigh and Naracoorte were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994 due to their exceptional representation of Australian mammal evolution and high-quality limestone-preserved fossils. Riversleigh covers 10,000 hectares in the southern part of Boodjamulla National Park in north-west Queensland, while Naracoorte is over 2,000 kilometers away in South Australia. The site is accessible by road, located 156 km north of the Barkly Highway and 55 km southeast of Lawn Hill Gorge in northwest Queensland.