Karijini National Park is an Australian national park centred in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara region in the northwestern section of Western Australia. The park is located north of the Tropic of Capricorn, 1,055 kilometres (656 mi) from the state's capital city, Perth. Formerly known as Hamersley Range National Park, the park was officially renamed in 1991.
Dales Gorge
Rock-wallaby
Handrail Pool in Weano Gorge
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his exploration expedition to the northwest. Karijini National Park lies within the range.
Outside the town of Paraburdoo, showing part of the Hamersley Range in the background
Geologist standing in front of folded layers of banded iron formation of Hamersley Range
Paraburdoo and the Hamersley Range from the air
Hamersley Range, Pilbara region