List of protected areas of Western Australia

In Australia there are hundreds of national parks. The largest part of them is subject to the governments of the respective states; only a small number of farms is managed by the Ministry Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities of the federal government.

List of national parks

Australian Capital Territory

Jervis Bay Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

1924 Cobourg, was now known as Garig - Gunak - Barlu National Park, declared in the area of the Northern Territory 's first national park.

Queensland

In March 2008, the government has announced Queensland of 5 percent of the land to expand the area of ​​the National Park to 7.5 percent by the year 2020. In addition, to be expanded to a total of 20 million hectares in the same period the total area of ​​protected areas, which include, for example, Conservation Parks, Forest Reserves, Nature Refuges.

Historical development

Note:

• % QLD: proportion of the total Queensland
• Area: Area in hectares

List of national parks

Sources:

• Australian Government - Collect CapAd 2010
• Australian Government - Collect CapAd 1997

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

The area of ​​the 99 national parks in Western Australia is 62466.75 km ² (as of 30 June 2012).

National Parks

Names in italics are unofficial

Marine parks

The area of ​​the 12 marine parks in Western Australia is 20586.12 km ² (as of 30 June 2012).