Protected areas of Victoria
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Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. It contains 2850 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 39,273 km² (17.26% of the state’s area). Of these, 41 are National parks, totalling 28,023 km² (11.32% of the state’s area).[1]
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.
[edit] Coastal and marine parks
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[edit] Historic and heritage areas and parks
- Beechworth Historic Park
- Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
- Nyerimilang Heritage Park
- Oriental Claims Historic Area
- Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park
- Steiglitz Historic Park
- Walhalla Historic Area
- Upper Goulburn Historic Area
- Whroo Historic Reserve
- Woodlands Historic Park
[edit] Indigenous Protected Areas
[edit] National Parks
As of 2011 there are 45 national parks in Victoria.[2]
| Name | Size (hectares) | Established | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | 3050 | 1925 | |
| Alpine | 646000 | 1989 | |
| Barmah | 28521 | 2010 | |
| Baw Baw | 13300 | 1979 | |
| Brisbane Ranges | 7718 | 1973 | |
| Burrowa-Pine Mountain | 18400 | 1978 | |
| Chiltern-Mount Pilot | 21600 | 2002 | |
| Churchill | 1668 | 1941 | |
| Cobboboonee | 18510 | 2009 | |
| Coopracambra | 35000 | 1991 | |
| Croajingolong | 87500 | 1979 | |
| Dandenong Ranges | 3215 | 1987 | Includes the former Ferntree Gully NP |
| Errinundra | 26875 | 1988 | |
| French Island | 11100 | 1997 | |
| Grampians | 168000 | 1984 | |
| Great Otway | 103000 | 1981 | |
| Greater Bendigo | 17007 | 2009 | |
| Gunbower | 2010 | ||
| Hattah-Kulkyne | 49975 | 1960 | |
| Heathcote-Graytown | 12833 | 2002 | |
| Kinglake | 22360 | 1928 | |
| Lake Eildon | 27750 | 1957 | |
| Lind | 1370 | 1925 | |
| Little Desert | 132000 | 1968 | |
| Lower Glenelg | 27300 | 1969 | |
| Lower Goulburn | - | 1992 | |
| Mitchell River | 14338 | 1963 | Includes former Glenaladale NP; expanded 1986, and 2003. |
| Mornington Peninsula | 2686 | 1988 | |
| Morwell | 560 | 1967 | |
| Mount Buffalo | 31000 | 1898 | |
| Mount Eccles | 6120 | 1960 | |
| Mount Richmond | 1733 | 1960 | |
| Murray-Sunset | 633000 | 1991 | |
| Organ Pipes | 152 | 1972 | |
| Point Nepean | |||
| Port Campbell | 1750 | 1962 | |
| Snowy River | 98700 | 1979 | |
| St Arnaud Range | 13900 | 2002 | |
| Tarra-Bulga | 2015 | 1986 | |
| Terrick Terrick | 5882 | 1999 | |
| The Lakes | 2390 | 1927 | |
| Warby-Ovens | 14655 | 2009 | |
| Wilsons Promontory | 50400 | 1898 | |
| Wyperfeld | 356800 | 1921 | |
| Yarra Ranges | 76000 | 1995 |
[edit] State Parks
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[edit] Metropolitan parks
[edit] 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
- Patterson River
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Wilderness Parks
[edit] 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
[edit] Also in Victoria
- 1522 Natural Feature Reserves
- 328 Nature Conservation Reserves
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/capad.html, retrieved 2012-01-29
- ^ Parks Victoria: About, retrieved 8 May 2011
