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. The Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) is a department of the Australian federal government. ... Satellite image of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. ...

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. Motto: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the Queen, the Law and the People) Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ... Motto: None Nickname: ? Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ... The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is the part of Antarctica claimed by Australia. ...

Protected areas of Australia

Botanical Gardens

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

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) are located in Canberra and are administered by the Australian Governments Department of the Environment and Heritage. ... One of many delightful vistas in Melbournes Royal Botanic Gardens. ...

Historic Shipwrecks

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

In Australia, Aarhus Historic Shipwreck is a historical site preserving one of the victims of Smiths Rock. ... SS Yongala was a steel passenger and freight steamer, owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company. ... The Historical Record The VOC Zuytdorp was a trading ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 1700s. ...

Marine National Nature Reserves

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

Ashmore and Cartier Islands The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Roti at 12°14′ S 123...

Marine Parks

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

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australias Great Barrier Reef from activities that would damage it. ... Lord Howe Island Marine Park consists of the waters to 3 nautical miles off Lord Howe Island, Balls Pyramid and a New South Wales state marine park. ...

Marine Reserves

• Cartier Island
• Tasmanian Seamounts

Ashmore and Cartier Islands The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Roti at 12°14′ S 123...

National Parks

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

Booderee National Park is located in the Jervis Bay Territory of Australia, on the southern coast of Jervis Bay, approximately 200 km south of Sydney that is noted for its white sand beaches. ... Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km east of Darwin. ... Uluru-Kata Tjuta is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1431 km (890 miles) south of Darwin. ... The Royal National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 29 km southwest of Sydney. ...

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

The Australian Capital Territory contains 8 separate protected areas with a total land area of 1,230 km² (50. ... New South Wales contains 549 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 49,533 km² (6. ... The Northern Territory contains 95 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 53,505 km² (land area: 51,269 km² – 3. ... Queensland is the second largest mainland state in Australia. ... South Australia contains 324 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 216,310 km² (21. ... Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 22,034 km² (land area: 22,020 km² – 32. ... Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. ... Western Australia is the largest state in Australia. ...

See also

• Protected area

External links

• Department of Environment and Heritage
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service