Protected areas of Victoria

Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. As of 2008 it contained 2,850 separate protected areas with a total land area of 39,273 square kilometres (15,163 sq mi) (17.26% of the state’s area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling 28,023 square kilometres (10,820 sq mi) (11.32% of the state’s area).^[1]

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

Coastal and marine parks

The state of Victoria has protected approximately 5.3% of coastal waters. In June 2002, legislation was passed to establish 13 marine national parks and 11 marine sanctuaries. Victoria is the first jurisdiction in the world to create an entire system of highly protected marine national parks at the same time.^[2]

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

Indigenous protected areas

• Deen Maar

National parks

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National parks of Victoria

Order	National park name	Area		Declared as a national park	Source(s)	Notes
		ha	acre
1	Alfred	3,050	7,500	1925	[4]
2	Alpine	646,000	1,600,000	1989	[5]
3	Barmah	28,521	70,480	2010	[6]
4	Baw Baw	13,300	33,000	April 1979	[5]
5	Brisbane Ranges	7,718	19,070	15 August 1973	[7]
6	Burrowa-Pine Mountain	18,400	45,000	16 May 1978	[8]
7	Chiltern-Mount Pilot	21,600	53,000	30 October 2002	[9]
8	Churchill	271	670	12 February 1941	[10]
9	Cobboboonee	18,510	45,700	November 2008	[11]
10	Coopracambra	38,800	96,000	1988	[12]
11	Croajingolong	87,500	216,000	26 April 1979	[13]
12	Dandenong Ranges	3,215	7,940	13 December 1987	[14]	Includes the former Ferntree Gully NP
13	Errinundra	26,875	66,410	15 July 1988	[15]
14	French Island	11,100	27,000	28 June 1998	[16]
15	Grampians	168,000	420,000	1 July 1984	[17]
16	Great Otway	103,000	250,000	11 December 2005	[18]
17	Greater Bendigo	17,007	42,030	30 October 2002	[19]
18	Gunbower	9,330	23,100	June 2010	[20]
19	Hattah-Kulkyne	49,975	123,490	7 June 1960	[21]
20	Heathcote-Graytown	12,833	31,710	30 October 2002	[22]
21	Kara Kara	13,990	34,600	30 October 2002	[23]
22	Kinglake	22,360	55,300	7 March 1928	[24]
23	Lake Eildon	27,750	68,600	4 June 1997	[25]
24	Lind	1,370	3,400	1925	[26]
25	Little Desert	132,000	330,000	1968	[27]
26	Lower Glenelg	27,300	67,000	1969	[28]
27	Lower Goulburn	9,310	23,000	June 2010	[29]
28	Mitchell River	14,338	35,430	December 1962	[30][31]	Includes former Glenaladale NP; expanded 1986, and 2003.
29	Mornington Peninsula	2,686	6,640	1 December 1975	[32]	Proclaimed in 1975 (as Cape Schanck Coastal Park); in 1988 (as Point Nepean NP); and in 1995 (as Mornington Peninsula NP).
30	Morwell	560	1,400	26 November 1966	[33]
31	Mount Buffalo	31,000	77,000	1898	[34]
32	Mount Eccles	6,120	15,100	7 June 1960	[35]
33	Mount Richmond	1,733	4,280	7 June 1960	[36]
34	Murray-Sunset	633,000	1,560,000	26 April 1979	[21]
35	Organ Pipes	152	380	12 March 1972	[37]
36	Point Nepean	470	1,200	2005
37	Port Campbell	1,750	4,300	5 May 1964	[38]
38	Snowy River	98,700	244,000	26 April 1979	[39]
39	Tarra-Bulga	2,015	4,980	17 June 1986	[40]
40	Terrick Terrick	5,882	14,530	June 1988	[41]
41	The Lakes	2,390	5,900	1956	[42]
42	Warby-Ovens	14,655	36,210	October 2010	[43]
43	Wilsons Promontory	50,500	125,000	July 1898	[44]
44	Wyperfeld	357,017	882,210	1921	[21]
45	Yarra Ranges	76,003	187,810	December 1995	[45]	Attracted circa 800,000 visitors in 2002

State parks

Metropolitan parks

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

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

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

Nature conservation reserves

There are 328 nature conservation reserves including:

• Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve
• Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve
• Mount Elizabeth Nature Conservation Reserve
• Mount Hope Nature Conservation Reserve
• Spit Nature Conservation Reserve
• Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve

Natural feature reserves

There are 1522 natural feature reserves

See also

• Protected areas of Australia
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

References

1. "Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
2. "Victoria’s System of Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries. Management Strategy 2003–2010" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
3. Parks Victoria: About, retrieved 25 November 2012
4. "Alfred National Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
5. "Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves: Statement of significance". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment, Australian Government. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
6. "Barmah National Park: Visitor Guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
7. "Brisbane Ranges National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). September 1997. p. 2. ISBN 0-7306-6702-2. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
8. "Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Victorian Government. June 1996. p. 2. ISBN 0-7306-6187-3. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
9. "Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Melbourne: Victorian Government. 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
10. "Churchill National Park and Lysterfield Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). May 2009 [August 1998]. p. 12. ISBN 0-7306-6686-7. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
11. "Cobboboonee National Park: Visitor Guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Victorian Government. June 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
12. "Coopracambra National Park: Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). August 1998. pp. 2, 9. ISBN 0-7306-6258-6. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
13. "Croajingolong National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Natural Resources and Environment (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. ISBN 0-7306-6137-7. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
14. "Dandenong Ranges Gardens Strategic Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). 2014. p. 11. ISBN 97-807-311-8389-0. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
15. "Errinundra National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). October 1996. p. 13. ISBN 0-7306-6204-7. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
16. "French Island National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria. October 1998. p. 12. ISBN 0-7311-3130-4. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
17. "Grampians National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). March 2003. p. 10. ISBN 0-7311-3131-2. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
18. "Great Otway National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. December 2009. p. 1. ISBN 9-7807-3118-384-5. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
19. "Greater Bendigo National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. July 2007. p. 1. ISBN 9-7807-3118-362-3. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
20. "Gunbower National Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
21. "Mallee Parks Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. September 1996. pp. 1–3. ISBN 0-7306-6174-1. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
22. "Heathcote-Graytown National Park and Spring Creek Nature Conservation Reserve management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. February 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
23. Kara Kara National Park management plan (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF) (Government of Victoria). October 2013. p. 1. ISBN 9780731183876. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
24. "Kinglake National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. p. 2. ISBN 0-7306-6186-5. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
25. "Lake Eildon National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. July 1997. p. 3. ISBN 0-7306-6611-5. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
26. "Lind and Alfred National Parks Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. August 1998. p. 2. ISBN 0-7306-6265-9. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
27. "Little Desert National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. p. 2. ISBN 0-7306-6173-3. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
28. "Lower Glenelg National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. May 1991. p. 11. ISBN 0-7306-2068-9. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
29. "Lower Goulburn National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
30. "Mitchell River National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
31. "Mitchell River National Park (Addition)". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
32. "Mornington Peninsula National Park and Arthurs Seat State Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. May 1988, amended 2013. p. 5. ISBN 0-7306-6743-X. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
33. "Morwell National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
34. "Mount Buffalo National Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. pp. 1–2. ISBN 0-7306-6138-5. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
35. "Mount Eccles National Park and Mount Napier State Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. pp. 1–2, 19. ISBN 0-7306-4096-5. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
36. "Mount Richmond National Park: Visitor Guide to Benwerrin" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. December 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
37. Organ Pipes National Park Management Plan (PDF). Parks Victoria (Kew, Vic.: Government of Victoria). February 1998. ISBN 0-7306-6703-0.
38. "Port Campbell National Park and Bay of Islands Coastal Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. September 1998. pp. 3–5, 26. ISBN 0-7311-3133-9. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
39. "Snowy River National Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. May 1995. pp. 1–3. ISBN 0-7306-4099-X. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
40. "Tarra-Bulga National Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 1996. pp. 1–2, 14. ISBN 0-7306-6114-8. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
41. "Terrick Terrick National Park: Visitor Guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
42. "The Lakes National Park: Park notes" (PDF). Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
43. "Warby-Ovens National Park: Visitor Guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
44. "Wilsons Promontory National Park: Visitor Guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Retrieved 14 March 2010.
45. "Yarra Ranges National Park management plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. June 2002. ISBN 0-7311-3134-7. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

External links

• Parks Victoria
• Victoria National Parks