List of protected areas of Western Australia

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The Valley of the Giants skywalk at Walpole-Nornalup National Park

Western Australia is the second largest country subdivision in the world. It contains no fewer than 1224 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 170,610 km2 (65,870 sq mi) (land area: 159,151 km2 (61,449 sq mi) – 6.30% of the state’s area). Ninety-eight of these are National Parks, totalling 56,680.65 km2 (21,884.52 sq mi)[1] (2.14% of the state’s area).

Protected areas of Western Australia[]

Conservation Parks[]

As of 2014, the following 58 conservation parks are listed as part of the National Reserve System with a total area of 8,478 square kilometres (3,273 square miles).[2]

  • Blackbutt
  • Burra
  • Camp Creek
  • Cane River
  • Coalseam
  • Dardanup
  • Geikie Gorge
  • Goldfields Woodlands
  • Hester
  • Kerr
  • Korijekup
  • Laterite
  • Len Howard
  • Leschenault Peninsula
  • Monte Bello Islands
  • Mount Manning - Helena And Aurora Ranges
  • Muja
  • Penguin Island
  • Rapids
  • Totadgin
  • Unnamed WA01333
  • Unnamed WA17804
  • Unnamed WA23088
  • Unnamed WA23920
  • Unnamed WA24657
  • Unnamed WA28740
  • Unnamed WA29901
  • Unnamed WA38749
  • Unnamed WA39584
  • Unnamed WA39752
  • Unnamed WA41986
  • Unnamed WA43290
  • Unnamed WA46756
  • Unnamed WA47244
  • Unnamed WA48291
  • Unnamed WA48436
  • Unnamed WA48717
  • Unnamed WA49144
  • Unnamed WA49220
  • Unnamed WA49363
  • Unnamed WA49561
  • Unnamed WA49742
  • Unnamed WA49994
  • Unnamed WA51272
  • Unnamed WA51376
  • Wallaroo Rock
  • Westralia
  • Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges
  • Yarra Yarra Lake

Marine Nature Reserves[]

Marine Parks[]

Miscellaneous Reserves[]

National Parks[]

Overview[]

Western Australia has had national parks or protected areas under legislation since the early 20th century. National Parks (and the earlier forms of reserve) in Western Australia came under a range of agencies:[3]

  • Department of Lands and Surveys: 1 January 1890 - (partly split) 31 December 1895
  • Wood and Forests Department: 1 January 1896 – 31 December 1918
  • Forests Department: 1 January 1919 – 21 March 1985
  • State Gardens Board: 15 December 1920 – 30 April 1957 (Parks and Reserves Act 1895)
  • National Parks Board: 1 May 1957 – 30 July 1977
  • Department of Fisheries and Fauna: 1 October 1964 – 31 December 1973
  • National Parks Authority: 1 August 1977 – 15 April 1985
    • The National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority replaced the National Parks Authority in 16 April 1985 ceased 30 October 2000. Then to the Conservation Commission.[4]
  • Wildlife section of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: 1 January 1974 – 21 March 1985
  • Department of Environment: 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2006
  • Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM): 22 March 1985 – 30 June 2006 (Conservation and Land Management Act 1984)
  • Department of Parks and Wildlife (2006 to 2017 ?)
  • The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions was created on 1 July 2017

List[]

Nature Reserves[]

See also: Nature reserve (Australia)

. Billyacatting Hill

Regional parks[]

Main article: Regional parks in Western Australia

Section 5(g) Reserves[]

  • (23 different areas)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Annual Report. Department of Environment and Conservation: 48. 2010. ISSN 1835-114X. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. The area of the 98 national parks at 30 June 2010 was 5,668,065 hectares
  2. ^ "Terrestrial Protected Areas in Western Australia (2014) (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ Information from the database at State Records Office of Western Australia
  4. ^ https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/correspondence-files-parks-board-s2283

Further reading[]

  • Streetsmart Travellers Atlas of Western Australia (9th ed.). Department of Land Information and West Australian Newspapers. 2006. p. 289. ISBN 1-921048-13-1. In the state maps reserves can be identified and are listed in the Geographical Features Index
  • Roads & tracks Western Australia : campsites directory, roads and tracks, all in one (5th ed.). Jolimont WA: Quality Publishing Australia. 2007. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-876723-35-4. Has a National Parks (including Aboriginal Reserves) index
  • UBD Western Australia country road atlas (11th ed.). Macquarie Park NSW: UBD, a division of Universal Publishers. 2005. ISBN 0-7319-1587-9. Identifies reserves very clearly in maps but has no accompanying index

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