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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

Table showing the Area, IUCN category and year declared for each terrestrial reserve.

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

Table showing the Area, IUCN category and year declared for each Australian Marine Park.

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.