Protected areas of Australia are maintained by the Department of the Environment and Heritage, with the exception of the Great Barrier Reef, which is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a body within the department.

NOTE - this is only a small portion of the protected areas in Australia. Each state is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the areas within its boundaries. Environment Australia is responsible only for the Commonwealth and off-shore parks in the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, the Christmas Island Territory, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory, the Norfolk Island Territory and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Protected areas of Australia

Botanical Gardens

• Australian National
• Booderee
• Norfolk Island
• Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Historic Shipwrecks

• Aarhus
• Cato
• Clonmel
• Emden
• Foam
• Gothenburg
• HMS Pandora
• HMS Porpoise
• I-24
• Lady Darling
• Llewellyn
• SS Dunkenfeld
• SS Yongala
• VOC Zuytdorp

Marine National Nature Reserves

• Ashmore Reef
• Coringa-Herald
• Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs
• Lihou Reef (Coral Sea and Island territory)
• Mermaid Reef

Marine Parks

• Great Australian Bight
• Great Barrier Reef
• Lord Howe Island
• Macquarie Island
• Ningaloo

Marine Reserves

• Cartier Island
• Solitary Islands
• Tasmanian Seamounts

National Parks

• Booderee
• Christmas Island
• Kakadu
• Norfolk Island
• Pulu Keeling
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta

Specially Protected Areas

(part of the Antarctic Treaty Areas)

• No. 1
• No. 2
• No. 3
• Heard and McDonald Islands

Special Scientific Interest Sites

(part of the Antarctic Treaty Areas)

• No. 7
• No. 16
• No. 17
• No. 25

For areas managed on state/territory level see:

• Protected areas of the Australian Capital Territory
• Protected areas of New South Wales (Australia)
• Protected areas of the Northern Territory (Australia)
• Protected areas of Queensland (Australia)
• Protected areas of South Australia
• Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia)
• Protected areas of Victoria (Australia)
• Protected areas of Western Australia

See also

• Protected area

External links

• Department of Environment and Heritage (http://www.ea.gov.au/index.html)
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/)
• NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/)