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Encyclopedia > Protected areas of Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. It contains a staggering 1966 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 33,780 km² (14.84% of the state’s area). 36 of these are National parks, totalling 25,774 km² (11.32% of the state’s area). Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Yosemite National Park in the United States. ...


The Parks are managed by Parks Victoria, a state government organisation. There are also many smaller state areas which are subject to commercial activity such as logging.

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Indigenous Protected Areas

  • Deen Maar

National Parks

Alfred is a small national park in Victoria (Australia), 388 km east of Melbourne. ... Alpine is a national park in Victoria (Australia), northeast of Melbourne. ... Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 111 km east of Melbourne. ... Brisbane Ranges is a national park in Australia), 59 km west of Melbourne. ... Burrowa-Pine Mountain is a national park in Australia), 314 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Chiltern Box-Ironbark is a national park in Australia), 237 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Churchill is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 31 km southeast of Melbourne. ... Coopracambra is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 380 km east of Melbourne. ... Croajingolong is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 427 km east of Melbourne. ... Dandenong Ranges National Park is in Victoria (Australia), 38 km east of Melbourne. ... Errinundra is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 352 km east of Melbourne. ... French Island is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 61 km southeast of Melbourne. ... The Grampians is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 235 km west of Melbourne. ... Hattah-Kulkyne is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 417 km northwest of Melbourne. ... Heathcote-Greytwon National Park is located in the North Central region of Victoria, Australia. ... Kinglake is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 50 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Lake Eildon is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 111 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Lind is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 353 km east of Melbourne. ... The Little Desert is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 375 km west of Melbourne. ... Lower Glenelg is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 323 km west of Melbourne. ... Mitchell River is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 211 km east of Melbourne. ... Mornington Peninsula is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 77 km south of Melbourne. ... Morwell is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 140 km east of Melbourne. ... Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau in Victoria (Australia), 200 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Mount Eccles National Park is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 270 km west of Melbourne. ... Mount Richmond is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 313 km west of Melbourne. ... Murray-Sunset is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 438 km northwest of Melbourne. ... Organ Pipes is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 23 km northwest of Melbourne. ... Otway is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 162 km southwest of Melbourne. ... Port Campbell is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 190 km southwest of Melbourne. ... Snowy River is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 323 km east of Melbourne. ... Tarra-Bulga is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 158 km east of Melbourne. ... Terrick Terrick is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 196 km northwest of Melbourne. ... The Lakes is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 245 km east of Melbourne. ... Wilsons Promontory, commonly known as Wilsons Prom, is a national park in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), 157 km southeast of Melbourne. ... Wyperfeld National Park is the third largest national park in Victoria (south-eastern Australia). ... Yarra Ranges is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 92 km east of Melbourne. ...

Other Parks

  • Bay of Islands
  • Cape Conran
  • Cape Liptrap
  • Discovery Bay
  • Gippsland Lakes
  • Langwarrin
  • Murray-Kulkyne
  • Reef Hills
  • Tyers

Reference Areas inside other Protected areas

  • Ah Kows Gully
  • Anser Island
  • Baawang
  • Barga
  • Baw Baw
  • Beehive Creek
  • Benedore River
  • Berrook
  • Big River
  • Blue Rag
  • Blue Range
  • Boiler Plain
  • Broombush
  • Buangor
  • Buenba
  • Bungil
  • Burnside
  • Calder River
  • Carpendeit
  • Chalka Creek
  • Chiltern Box-Ironbark
  • Cobboboonee
  • Cooriemungle
  • Crinoline Creek
  • Danyo
  • Dattuck
  • Deep Creek
  • Diamond Creek
  • Disappointment
  • East Caledonia
  • Enfield
  • Entrance Point
  • Forest Hill
  • French Island (East)
  • French Island (North)
  • Gelantipy Plateau
  • Grasstree Creek
  • Hollands Knob
  • Jemba
  • Jilpanger
  • Joey Creek
  • Jones Creek
  • Kamarooka
  • Keegans Bend
  • Kentbruck Heath
  • Kia
  • Kooyoora
  • Korong Vale
  • Lagoon Plateau
  • Lake Jerriwirrup
  • Lake Walla Walla
  • Little Desert (East)
  • Little Desert (West)
  • Macks Creek
  • Merragunegin
  • Millewa
  • Millewa South
  • Moora Valley
  • Morkalla
  • Mount Buffalo
  • Mount Crozier
  • Mount Gregory
  • Mount Mcadam
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Mountain Creek
  • Mullungdung
  • Musket Creek
  • Olangolah Creek
  • O'Sullivans Lookout
  • Parker River
  • Pine Mountain
  • Porphyry Hill
  • Pretty Creek
  • Purnya
  • Raak Plain
  • Rocket Lake
  • Rudds Rocks
  • Ruths Gully
  • Seal Creek
  • Settlement Road
  • Shepherds Creek
  • Stony Creek (Otways)
  • Stony Creek (Kinglake)
  • Sunset
  • Terrick Terrick
  • The Sisters
  • The Stones
  • Tom Groggin
  • Tomahawk Creek
  • Tooan
  • Top End
  • Top Island
  • Toupnein Creek
  • Vereker Creek
  • Walsh Creek
  • Warby Range
  • Watts Creek
  • White Box Ridge
  • Whiterock Creek
  • Winnot Creek
  • Wombat Creek
  • Wonnangatta River
  • Yambulla
  • Zig Zag Creek

Disappointment Reference Area is a large state forest in Central Highlands of the Australian state of Victoria, adjoining Kinglake National Park. ...

Reference Areas outside other Protected areas

  • Beear
  • Bennie Creek
  • Burbibyong Creek
  • Cambatong
  • Concordia Gully
  • Cudgewa Creek
  • Drum Top
  • Dry Forest Creek
  • Durdidwarrah
  • Eaglehawk Creek
  • Glen Creek
  • Hawthorn Creek
  • Killawarra
  • King
  • Lightwood
  • Lucyvale Creek
  • Mitta Mitta
  • Mount Separation
  • Musk Creek
  • Pilot Range
  • Pyrete Range
  • Roseneath
  • Rushworth Forest
  • Ryans Creek
  • Sandhurst
  • Spring Creek
  • Stringybark Creek
  • Stony Creek (Durdiwarrah)
  • Tambo River
  • Tarpaulin Bend
  • Telopea Downs
  • Thirteen Mile Spur
  • Toorour
  • Twenty Acre Creek
  • Yan Yean North
  • Yan Yean South

State Parks

  • Angahook-Lorne
  • Arthurs Seat
  • Barmah
  • Black Range
  • Bunyip
  • Cape Nelson
  • Carlisle
  • Cathedral Range
  • Dergholm
  • Enfield
  • Holey Plains
  • Kamarooka
  • Kara Kara
  • Kooyoora
  • Langi Ghiran
  • Leaghur
  • Lerderderg
  • Melba Gully
  • Moondarra
  • Mount Arapiles-Tooan
  • Mount Buangor
  • Mount Granya
  • Mount Lawson
  • Mount Napier
  • Mount Samaria
  • Mount Worth
  • Paddys Ranges
  • Warby Range
  • Warrandyte
  • Werribee Gorge
  • Whipstick

Barmah has the distinction of being the only town in Victoria (Australia) that is north of New South Wales at 36°01′ S 144°57′ E. The border between the two states is the Murray River, which winds south, then east enough to put a small point of New South... The Melba Gully State Park was formed to protect a small pocket of natural rainforest in the Otway Ranges near Apollo Bay in Victoria (Australia). ... Mount Worth State Park is a state park in Victoria, Australia. ... Werribee Gorge State Park is a state park in Victoria, Australia. ...

Wilderness Parks

  • Avon
  • Big Desert
  • Wabba

Wilderness Zones inside other Protected areas

  • Bowen
  • Buchan Headwaters
  • Cape Howe
  • Chinaman Flat
  • Cobberas
  • Galpunga
  • Genoa
  • Indi
  • Minook
  • Mount Cowra
  • Mount Darling - Snowy Bluff
  • North Wyperfeld
  • Razor-Viking
  • Sandpatch
  • Snowy River
  • South Wyperfeld
  • Sunset
  • Tingaringy
  • Wilsons Promontory

Also in Victoria

  • 1522 Natural Feature Reserves
  • 328 Nature Conservation Reserves

See also

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. ...

External Links


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Protected areas of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (139 words)
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.
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.
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