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This is a list of national parks within Australia that are managed by Australian, state and territory governments. The name may be a misnomer: nearly all parks are land owned and managed by the states and territories rather than the national government. [1]
The Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves is a group of eleven protected areas consisting of national parks, nature reserves and one wilderness park located in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria and which was listed as a "place" on the Australian National Heritage List on 7 November 2008 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas 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 are managed by Director of National Parks, an agency within the Department of Climate Change, Energy ...
Director of National Parks is a Commonwealth corporate entity responsible for the management of a portfolio of terrestrial and marine protected areas proclaimed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Parks Australia (formerly the Australian Nature Conservation Agency and the Australian National Parks ...
This is a law that was passed by the Australian Labor Party in response to the Franklin Dam controversy. As stated at the top of the bill, it is "An Act to make provision for and in relation to the Establishment of National Parks and other Parks and Reserves and the Protection and Conservation of Wildlife." [1] This law is no longer in force.
Namadgi National Park is a protected area in the southwest of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), bordering Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. It lies approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Canberra , and occupies approximately 46 percent of the ACT's land area.
The Australian Capital Territory as of 2014 contains 46 separate protected areas with a total land area of 1,302 km 2 (503 sq mi) or 55.5% of the territory's area, and which managed by Territory and Municipal Services of the ACT government: [1] [2]
The jurisdiction for legislation of protected areas within South Australia and the immediate onshore waters known officially as "the coastal waters and waters within the limits of South Australia" is that of the South Australian government. [2] The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 authorises the creation and management of protected areas ...