This was the site of the alleged Bladensburg massacre, in which around 200 Aboriginal people were killed in c.1872 at Skull Hole, on the head of Mistake Creek.

[citation needed] The park is 1,152 km (716 mi) northwest of Brisbane, and just south of the town of Winton.

The park features grassland plains, river flats, sandstone ranges and flat-topped mesas.

The original Bladensburg homestead, which was probably transported to the site some time in the 1910s, houses the park's visitor information centre today.

[2] Birds common to the area include the painted firetail, rufous-crowned emu-wren and rufous-throated honeyeater.