Protected areas of Victoria

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.

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]

v d e Marine and coastal parks of Victoria Marine and coastal parks Bay of Islands Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Point Cook Shallow Inlet Marine National Parks Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa Marine Sanctuaries The Arches Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cook Point Danger Ricketts Point

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, Australia

State Parks

v d e State parks of Victoria Current Arthurs Seat · Black Range · Broken-Boosey · Bunyip · Cape Nelson · Cathedral Range · Dergholm · Enfield · Holey Plains · Kooyoora · Langi Ghiran · Leaghur · Lerderderg · Moondarra · Mount Arapiles-Tooan · Mount Buangor · Mount Granya · Mount Lawson · Mount Napier · Mount Samaria · Mount Worth · Paddys Ranges · Reef Hills · Warrandyte · Werribee Gorge Former Angahook-Lorne · Carlisle · Kamarooka · Kara Kara · Melba Gully · Warby Range · Whipstick

Metropolitan parks

v d e Metropolitan parks of Victoria Albert Park · Aura Vale Lake Park · Banksia Park · Birrarrung Park · Braeside Park · Brimbank Park · Bushy Park Wetlands · Candlebark Park · Cheetham Wetlands · Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park · Horseshoe Bend Farm · Jells Park · Kalorama Park · Karkarook Park · Koomba Park · Longridge Park Camp · Lysterfield Park · Nortons Park · Pettys Orchard · Pipemakers Park · Plenty Gorge Park · Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park · Shepherds Bush · Sweeneys Flats · Wattle Park · Westerfolds Park · Yarra Bend Park · Yarra Flats

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

Also in Victoria

• 1522 Natural Feature Reserves
• 328 Nature Conservation Reserves

See also

• Protected areas of Australia

References

External links

• Parks Victoria
• Victoria National Parks