Appendix A: Overview of our parks and reserves
Our seven terrestrial parks and gardens cover a combined area of 2,132,002 hectares.
Our 59 marine parks cover a vast combined area of 283,367,665 hectares.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has established a protected area management categories system composed of seven management categories. When a park is declared under the EPBC Act it must be assigned an IUCN category and may also be divided into zones, with each zone assigned an IUCN category. Statutory park management plans may assign the same or different IUCN categories to parks and park zones.
The area, year declared and IUCN category for our seven terrestrial parks are listed in
Table A1. The area, year declared and IUCN category (or categories) for our 59 marine parks are listed in Table A2.
Table A1: Terrestrial parks and gardens
Park/Reserve name | Area (hectares) | Year declared | IUCN category |
Booderee National Park | 6,379 | 1992 | II |
Kakadu National Park | 1,980,995 | 1979 | II |
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park | 132,566 | 1977 | II |
Australian National Botanic Gardens | 85 | 1991 | IV |
Christmas Island National Park | 8,719 | 1980 | II |
Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden | 656 | 1986 | II |
Pulu Keeling National Park | 2,602 | 1995 | II |
Table A2: Australian Marine Parks
Park name | Area (hectares) | Year first declared | IUCN category1 |
North Marine Parks Network | |||
Arafura Marine Park | 2,292,410 | 2012 | VI |
Arnhem Marine Park | 712,487 | 2012 | VI |
Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park | 2,377,093 | 2012 | II, VI |
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Marine Park | 859,706 | 2012 | VI |
Limmen Marine Park | 139,920 | 2012 | IV |
Oceanic Shoals Marine Park | 7,174,322 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Wessel Marine Park | 590,807 | 2012 | IV, VI |
West Cape York Marine Park | 1,601,217 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Table A2: Marine parks continued
Park name | Area (hectares) | Year first declared | IUCN category1 |
North-west Marine Parks Network | |||
Argo-Rowley Terrace Marine Park | 14,600,295 | 2012 | II, VI |
Ashmore Reef Marine Park (formerly Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve) | 58,319 | 1983 | Ia, IV |
Carnarvon Canyon Marine Park | 617,669 | 2012 | IV |
Cartier Island Marine Park (formerly Cartier Island Marine Reserve) | 17,237 | 2000 | Ia |
Dampier Marine Park | 125,158 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park | 1,078,522 | 2012 | VI |
Gascoyne Marine Park | 8,176,611 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Kimberley Marine Park | 7,446,855 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Mermaid Reef Marine Park (formerly Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve) | 53,987 | 1991 | II |
Montebello Marine Park | 341,280 | 2012 | VI |
Ningaloo Marine Park (formerly Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)) | 243,520 | 1987 | II, IV |
Roebuck Marine Park | 30,370 | 2012 | VI |
Shark Bay Marine Park | 744,254 | 2012 | VI |
South-west Marine Parks Network | |||
Abrolhos Marine Park | 8,806,027 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Bremer Marine Park | 447,230 | 2012 | II, VI |
Eastern Recherche Marine Park | 2,057,520 | 2012 | II, VI |
Geographe Marine Park | 97,666 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Great Australian Bight Marine Park (includes former Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)) | 4,582,211 | 2012 | II, VI |
Jurien Marine Park | 185,090 | 2012 | II, VI |
Murat Marine Park | 93,777 | 2012 | II |
Perth Canyon Marine Park | 740,923 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park | 62,994 | 2012 | VI |
South-west Corner Marine Park | 27,183,326 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Twilight Marine Park | 464,131 | 2012 | II, VI |
Two Rocks Marine Park | 88,225 | 2012 | II, VI |
Western Eyre Marine Park | 5,794,433 | 2012 | II, VI |
Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park | 233,533 | 2012 | II, VI |
Table A2: Marine parks continued
Park name | Area (hectares) | Year first declared | IUCN category1 |
South-east Marine Parks Network | |||
Apollo Marine Park | 118,360 | 2007 | VI |
Beagle Marine Park | 292,757 | 2007 | VI |
Boags Marine Park | 53,748 | 2007 | VI |
East Gippsland Marine Park | 413,663 | 2007 | VI |
Flinders Marine Park | 2,704,584 | 2007 | II, IV, VI |
Franklin Marine Park | 67,077 | 2007 | VI |
Freycinet Marine Park | 5,794,074 | 2007 | II, IV, VI |
Huon Marine Park | 999,079 | 2007 | IV, VI |
Macquarie Island Marine Park | 16,189,588 | 1999 | Ia, IV |
Murray Marine Park | 2,580,373 | 2007 | II, VI |
Nelson Marine Park | 612,308 | 2007 | VI |
South Tasman Rise Marine Park | 2,770,435 | 2007 | VI |
Tasman Fracture Marine Park | 4,250,054 | 2007 | II, VI |
Zeehan Marine Park | 1,989,696 | 2007 | VI |
Temperate East Marine Parks Network | |||
Central Eastern Marine Park | 7,005,405 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Cod Grounds Marine Park (includes former Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve) | 407 | 2012 | II |
Gifford Marine Park | 582,850 | 2012 | IV |
Hunter Marine Park | 625,736 | 2012 | IV, VI |
Jervis Marine Park | 247,342 | 2012 | IV, VI |
Lord Howe Marine Park (includes former Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) and Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve) | 11,012,559 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Norfolk Marine Park | 18,844,355 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Solitary Islands Marine Park (includes former Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)) | 15,232 | 2012 | II, VI |
Coral Sea Marine Park (includes former Coral Sea Conservation Zone, Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve) | 98,983,605 | 2012 | II, IV, VI |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve2 | 7,095,253 | 2002 | Ia |
1 IUCN categories listed are those assigned under management plans that were in effect as at 30 June 2020.
2 Managed by the Australian Antarctic Division under delegation from the Director.
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