Australian_Alps_National_Parks_and_Reserves

Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves

Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves

Protected area in Australia

This article is about the group of heritage listed protected areas. For the general mountain range and bioregion, see Australian Alps.

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. The listing which covers an area of 16,531.80 square kilometres (6,382.96 sq mi), contains the vast majority of alpine and sub-alpine environments in Australia. The listing includes the following protected areas - Alpine, Baw Baw, Brindabella, Kosciuszko, Mount Buffalo, Namadgi and Snowy River national parks; the Avon Wilderness Park, and the Bimberi, Scabby Range and Tidbinbilla nature reserves.[1][2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Heritage Places - Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves". Department for the Environment. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. [2]
    "INCLUSION OF A PLACE IN THE NATIONAL HERITAGE LIST" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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