List of protected areas of Western Australia
Western Australia is the second largest country subdivision in the world. It contains no fewer than 1224 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 170,610 km² (land area: 159,151 km² – 6.30% of the state’s area). Ninety-eight of these are National Parks, totalling 56,680.65 km²[1] (2.14% of the state’s area).
Protected areas of Western Australia
Conservation Parks
As of 2014, the following 58 conservation parks are listed as part of the National Reserve System with a total area of 8,478 square kilometres (3,273 sq mi).[2]
- Blackbutt
- Boyagarring
- Brooking Gorge
- Burra
- Camp Creek
- Cane River
- Coalseam
- Dardanup
- Devonian Reef
- Geikie Gorge
- Goldfields Woodlands
- Gooralong
- Hester
- Kerr
- King Leopold Ranges
- Korijekup
- Lane Poole
- Laterite
- Len Howard
- Leschenault Peninsula
- Leschenaultia
- Lupton
- Monte Bello Islands
- Mount Manning - Helena And Aurora Ranges
- Muja
- Penguin Island
- Rapids
- Rowles Lagoon
- Shell Beach
- Totadgin
- Unnamed WA01333
- Unnamed WA17804
- Unnamed WA23088
- Unnamed WA23920
- Unnamed WA24657
- Unnamed WA28740
- Unnamed WA29901
- Unnamed WA38749
- Unnamed WA39584
- Unnamed WA39752
- Unnamed WA41986
- Unnamed WA43290
- Unnamed WA46756
- Unnamed WA47244
- Unnamed WA48291
- Unnamed WA48436
- Unnamed WA48717
- Unnamed WA49144
- Unnamed WA49220
- Unnamed WA49363
- Unnamed WA49561
- Unnamed WA49742
- Unnamed WA49994
- Unnamed WA51272
- Unnamed WA51376
- Wallaroo Rock
- Westralia
- Yarra Yarra Lake
Marine Nature Reserves
Marine Parks
- Marmion
- Ningaloo
- Rowley Shoals
- Shark Bay
- Shoalwater Islands
- Swan Estuary
Miscellaneous Reserves
- Bundegi
- Jurabi
- Monkey Mia
- Woodvale
National Parks
- Alexander Morrison
- Avon Valley
- Badgingarra
- Beedelup
- Boorabbin
- Brockman
- Cape Arid
- Cape Le Grand
- Cape Range
- Collier Range
- D’Entrecasteaux
- Drovers Cave
- Drysdale River
- Eucla
- Fitzgerald River
- Francois Peron
- Frank Hann
- Geikie Gorge
- Gloucester
- Goongarrie
- Gooseberry Hill
- Greenmount
- Hassell
- Hidden Valley
- John Forrest
- Kalamunda
- Kalbarri
- Karijini
- Karlamilyi
- Kennedy Range
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste
- Lesueur
- Millstream-Chichester
- Moore River
- Mount Augustus
- Mount Frankland
- Nambung
- Neerabup
- Peak Charles
- Porongurup
- Purnululu
- Scott
- Serpentine
- Shannon
- Sir James Mitchell
- Stirling Range
- Stokes
- Tathra
- Torndirrup
- Tuart Forest
- Tunnel Creek
- Walpole-Nornalup
- Walyunga
- Warren
- Watheroo
- Waychinicup
- West Cape Howe
- William Bay
- Windjana Gorge
- Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
- Yalgorup
- Yanchep
Nature Reserves
See also: Nature reserve (Australia)
- Airlie Island
- Alco
- Alexander
- Alfred Cove
- Amery
- Anderson Lake
- Arpenteur
- Arthur River
- Austin Bay
- Badjaling
- Bakers Junction
- Baladjie Lake
- Bald Island
- Balicup Lake
- Balkuling
- Ballanup Lake
- Ballast Pit
- Bampanup
- Banksia Road
- Barbalin
- Barlee Range
- Barrabarra
- Barracca
- Barrow Island
- Bartletts Well
- Bartram
- Bashford
- Basil Road
- Beagle Islands
- Beaumont
- Bebenorin
- Bedout Island
- Beebeegnying
- Beechina
- Beechina North
- Beejenup
- Beekeepers
- Beetalyinna
- Bella Vista
- Bendering
- Benger Swamp
- Bernier And Dorre Islands
- Betts
- Bewmalling
- Biglin
- Biljahnie Rock
- Billericay
- Binaronca
- Bindoo Hill
- Bindoon Spring
- Birdwhistle
- Birdwood
- Bishops
- Blue Gum Creek
- Blue Rock Cave
- Blue Well
- Bobakine
- Bockaring
- Bokan
- Bokarup
- Bon Accord Road
- Boodadong
- Boodalan
- Boodie, Double And Middle Islands
- Boolading
- Boolanelling
- Boonadgin
- Boonanarring
- Booraan
- Boothendarra
- Boullanger, Whitlock, Etc Islands
- Boundain
- Bowgada
- Bowgarder
- Boyagin
- Boyermucking
- Bradford
- Breakaway Ridge
- Breaksea Island
- Broadwater
- Brooks
- Brookton Highway
- Broomehill
- Browse Island
- Bruce Rock
- Buchanan
- Bugin
- Bulgin
- Buller
- Buller, Whittell And Green Islands
- Bullsbrook
- Bundarra
- Bungulla
- Buntine
- Burdett
- Burdett North
- Burdett South
- Burges Spring
- Burgess Well
- Burma Road
- Burnside And Simpson Islands
- Burracoppin
- Burroloo Well
- Bushfire Rock
- Byrd Swamp
- Cairlocup
- Cairn
- Calcaling
- Camel Lake
- Camerer
- Canna
- Capamauro
- Capel
- Capercup Road North
- Cardunia Rocks
- Cardup
- Carlyarn
- Carmody
- Carnac Island
- Caron
- Carrabin
- Carribin Rock
- Carrolup
- Cartamulligan Well
- Cascade
- Casuarina
- Cervantes Islands
- Chandala
- Charles Gardner
- Charlie Island
- Chatham Island
- Cheadanup
- Cherry Tree Pool
- Cheyne Road
- Chiddarcooping
- Chilimony
- Chillinup
- Chinamans Pool
- Chinocup
- Chirelillup
- Chittering Lakes
- Chorkerup
- Clackline
- Claypit
- Clear And Muddy Lakes
- Clyde Hill
- Cobertup
- Coblinine
- Commodine
- Concaring
- Condarnin Rock
- Cookinbin
- Coolinup
- Coomallo
- Coomelberrup
- Cootayerup
- Copley Dale
- Corackerup
- Corneecup
- Coulomb Point
- Cowerup
- Coyrecup
- Craig
- Crampton
- Creery Island
- Cronin
- Crooks
- Culbin
- Cullen
- Cutubury
- Dalyup
- Damboring
- Damnosa
- Dangin
- Danjinning
- Dattening
- De La Poer Range
- Dead Mans Swamp
- Depot Hill
- Derdibin Rock
- Dingerlin
- Dingo Rock
- Dingo Well
- Dolphin Island
- Dongara
- Dongolocking
- Donnelly River
- Donnybrook Boyup Brook Road
- Dookanooka
- Doubtful Islands
- Doutha Soak
- Dowak
- Down Road
- Dragon Rocks
- Dragon Tree Soak
- Drummond
- Dukin
- Duladgin
- Dulbelling
- Dulbining
- Dumbleyung Lake
- Dundas
- Dunn Rock
- Durokoppin
- East Collanilling
- East Latham
- East Naemup
- East Nugadong
- East Wallambin
- East Yorkrakine
- East Yornaning
- East Yuna
- Eastbrook
- Eaton
- Elashgin
- Ellen Brook
- Elliot
- Elphin
- Emu Hill
- Eneminga
- Eradu
- Erangy Spring
- Essex Rocks
- Falls Brook
- Faunadale
- Fields
- Fisherman Islands
- Flagstaff
- Flat Rock Gully
- Flat Rock
- Flinders Bay
- Flowery Patch
- Folly
- Formby
- Forrestdale Lake
- Fourteen Mile Brook
- Fowler Gully
- Freycinet, Double, Etc Islands
- Friday Island
- Frog Rock
- Gabbin
- Gabwotting
- Galamup
- Galena
- Gathercole
- Geekabee Hill
- Geeraning
- Gibson Desert
- Gillingarra
- Gingilup Swamps
- Gingin Stock Route
- Glasse Island
- Gledhow
- Glenluce
- Gnandaroo Island
- Gnarkaryelling
- Goodenough
- Goodlands
- Gorge Rock
- Granite Hill
- Great Sandy Island
- Great Victoria Desert
- Greaves Road
- Green Island
- Griffiths
- Gum Link Road
- Gundaring Lake
- Gundaring
- Gunyidi
- Haag
- Haddleton
- Haddleton Springs
- Hamelin Island
- Harris
- Harrismith
- Harry Waring
- Harvey Flats
- Hayes
- Heathland
- Herndermuning
- Highbury
- Highbury West
- Hill River
- Hillman
- Hindmarsh
- Hines Hill
- Hobart Road
- Holland Rocks
- Hopkins
- Horne
- Hotham River
- Howatharra
- Hurdle Creek
- Ibis Lake
- Indarra Spring
- Inkpen Road
- Investigator Island
- Jackson
- Jaloran
- Jam Hill
- Jandabup
- Jebarjup
- Jeffrey Lagoon
- Jerdacuttup Lakes
- Jibberding
- Jilbadji
- Jingalup
- Jingaring
- Jitarning
- Johns Well
- Jouerdine
- Jura
- Kadathinni
- Kalgan Plains
- Kambalda
- Karamarra
- Karlgarin
- Karloning
- Karnet
- Karroun Hill
- Kathleen
- Kau Rock
- Keaginine
- Kendall Road
- King Rock
- Kirwan
- Kockatea
- Kodj Kodjin
- Kodjinup
- Kokerbin
- Koks Island
- Kondinin Lake
- Kondinin Salt Marsh
- Koodjee
- Koolanooka Dam
- Koolanooka
- Koolberrin
- Kooljerrenup
- Koornong
- Korbel
- Korrelocking
- Kuender
- Kulikup
- Kulin Road
- Kulunilup
- Kulyaling
- Kundip
- Kurrawang
- Kwolyin
- Kwolyinine
- Kwornicup
- Lacepede Islands
- Lake Ace
- Lake Barnes Road
- Lake Biddy
- Lake Bryde
- Lake Campion
- Lake Cronin
- Lake Dumbleyung
- Lake Eyrie
- Lake Gounter
- Lake Hinds
- Lake Hurlstone
- Lake Janet
- Lake Joondalup
- Lake King
- Lake Liddelow
- Lake Logue
- Lake Magenta
- Lake McLarty
- Lake Mealup
- Lake Mears
- Lake Mortijinup
- Lake Muir
- Lake Ninan
- Lake Pleasant View
- Lake Powell
- Lake Shaster
- Lake Varley
- Lake Wannamal
- Lake Warden
- Lakeland
- Lambkin
- Lancelin And Edward Islands
- Landscape Hill
- Latham
- Lavender
- Leda
- Lipfert, Milligan, Etc Islands
- Little Rocky Island
- Locke
- Locker Island
- Lockhart
- Long Creek
- Long Pool
- Low Rocks
- Lowendal
- Mailalup
- Mallee
- Mallee Plain
- Malyalling
- Manaling
- Mangkili Claypan
- Manmanning Dam
- Manmanning
- Manning Road
- Maragoonda
- Marbelup
- Marchagee
- Marindo
- Marrarup
- Martinjinni
- Martinup
- Maublarling
- Maughan
- Maya
- McDougall
- McGlinn
- McIntosh Road
- McLarty
- McLean Road
- Mealup Point
- Meelon
- Meenaar
- Mehinup
- Merewana
- Merredin
- Mettabinup
- Mettler Lake
- Michaelmas Island
- Mill Brook
- Milyu
- Mingenew
- Mininup
- Minniging
- Minnivale
- Minyulo
- Miripin
- Mistaken Island
- Mitchell River Bridge
- Mockerdungulling
- Modong
- Moganmoganing
- Mogumber
- Mogumber West
- Mokami
- Mokine
- Mollerin
- Mongelup
- Moochamulla
- Moojebing
- Moomagul
- Moondyne
- Moonijin
- Mooradung
- Mooranoppin
- Moore River
- Moornaming
- Moorumbine
- Morangarel
- Morangup
- Mordalup
- Mordette
- Mortlock
- Morton
- Moulien
- Mount Burdett
- Mount Byroomanning
- Mount Caroline
- Mount Hampton
- Mount Manning
- Mount Manypeaks
- Mount Mason
- Mount Ney
- Mount Nunn
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Ridley
- Mount Shadforth
- Mount Stirling
- Mournucking
- Mullet Lake
- Mungaroona Range
- Mungarri
- Mungerungcutting
- Munglinup
- Muntz
- Murapin
- Murnanying
- Nabaroo
- Nallian
- Namban
- Namelcatchem
- Namming
- Nanamoolan
- Nangeen Hill
- Nangeenan
- Napier
- Napping
- Narlingup
- Neale Junction
- Needham
- Needilup
- Neendojer Rock
- Neerabup
- Nembudding
- Nembudding South
- Neredup
- Niagara Dam
- Niblick
- Nilgen
- Nilligarri
- Nine Mile Lake
- Nonalling
- Noobijup
- Noombling
- Noonebin
- Noonying
- Noorajin Soak
- Norpa
- North Baandee
- North Beacon
- North Bonnie Rock
- North Bungulla
- North Dandalup
- North Jitarning
- North Karlgarin
- North Sister
- North Tammin
- North Tarin Rock
- North Turtle Island
- North Wagin
- North Wallambin
- North Woyerling
- North Yilliminning
- Nugadong
- Nukarni
- Nuytsland
- Oakabella
- Oakajee
- Ockley
- Old Store
- One Mile Rocks
- One Tree Point
- Ongerup Lagoon
- Orchid
- Ord River
- Outer Rocks
- Overheu
- Overshot Hill
- Owingup
- Pallarup
- Pallinup
- Pantapin
- Paperbark
- Pardelup
- Pardelup Road
- Parkerville
- Parkeyerring
- Parry Lagoons
- Pederah
- Pelican Island
- Peringillup
- Petercarring
- Phillips Brook
- Piara
- Pikaring
- Pikaring West
- Pindicup
- Pingaring
- Pingeculling
- Pingelly
- Pinjarrega
- Pintharuka
- Pintharuka Well
- Pinticup
- Plain Hills
- Plumridge Lakes
- Point Spring
- Poison Gully
- Pootenup
- Powlalup
- Prince Regent
- Protheroe
- Quagering
- Quairading Spring
- Quarram
- Queen Victoria Spring
- Quindinup
- Quins Hill
- Quongunnerunding
- Randell Road
- Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve
- Red Hill
- Red Lake
- Red Lake Townsite
- Redmond Road
- Rica Erickson
- Ridley North
- Ridley South
- Rifle Range
- Riverdale
- Roach
- Rock Hole Dam
- Rock View
- Rocky Island
- Roe
- Rogers
- Ronsard Rocks
- Rose Road
- Rosedale
- Round Island
- Ruabon Townsite
- Rudyard Beach
- Rugged Hills
- Sabina
- Saint Alouarn Island
- Salt Lake
- Sand Spring Well
- Sandford Rocks
- Sandland Islands
- Sawyers
- Scotsdale Road
- Scott Reef
- Scriveners
- Seagroatt
- Seal Island
- Serrurier Island
- Sevenmile Well
- Shackleton
- Shark Lake
- Sheepwash Creek
- Shelter Island
- Shoalwater Bay Islands
- Silver Wattle Hill
- Six Mile Road
- Ski Lake
- Sleeman Creek
- Sloss
- Smith Brook
- Snake Gully
- Sorensens
- South Buniche
- South Eneabba
- South Jingalup
- South Keunder
- South Kulin
- South Mimegarra
- South Sister
- South Stirling
- South Wilgoyne
- Southern Beekeeper's
- Sparks Road
- Speddingup East
- Springdale
- St Ronans
- Stinton Cascades
- Stockdill Road
- Strange Road
- Strathmore Hill
- Stretton Road
- Sugar Loaf Rock
- Swan Island
- Swan Lagoon
- Sweetman
- Taarblin Lake
- Takenup Road
- Tammin Railway Dam
- Tank Hill
- Tapper Road
- Tarin Rock
- Tennessee North
- Tent Island
- Tenterden
- The Forty Four Mile
- The Tubbs
- Thevenard Island
- Thomsons Lake
- Three Swamps
- Throssell
- Tinkelelup
- Toolibin
- Toolonga
- Toompup
- Tootanellup
- Towerrining
- Trigwell
- Truslove North
- Truslove Townsite
- Tutanning
- Twin Swamps
- Two Peoples Bay
- Twongkup
- Twyata
- Udamung
- Ulva
- Unicup
- Unnamed (298 different areas)
- Urawa
- Utcha Well
- Victor Island
- Victoria Rock
- Wagin Lake
- Wahkinup
- Walbarra
- Walbyring
- Walcancobbing
- Walk Walkin
- Wallaby Hills
- Wallambin
- Walyahmoning
- Walyormouring
- Wamballup
- Wambyn
- Wamenusking
- Wanagarren
- Wandana
- Wandi
- Wandjagill
- Wandoora
- Wangeling Gully
- Wanjarri
- Wansbrough
- Wardering Lake
- Warramuggan
- Warranine
- Warrawah
- Warrenup
- Wattening
- Weam
- Wedge Island
- Wedgengully
- Weelhamby Lake
- Weira
- Weirmonger
- Weld Island
- Wellard
- Welsh
- West Mount Mason
- West Perenjori
- Westmere
- Whalebone Island
- Whin Bin Rock
- Whistler
- White Gums
- White Lake
- Whitmore, Roberts, Doole Islands And Sandalwood Landing
- Wialkutting
- Wild Horse Swamp
- Wilga
- Wilgarup
- Williams
- Willoughby
- Wills
- Wilroy
- Wilson
- Wingedyne
- Wockallarry
- Wokatherra
- Wongamine
- Wongan Hills
- Wongonderrah
- Wongoondy
- Woodanilling
- Woody Island
- Woody Lake
- Woondowing
- Woorgabup
- Woottating
- Wotto
- Woyerling
- Wulyaling
- Wundowlin
- Wyalkatchem
- Wyening
- Wyola
- Wyvern Road
- Xantippe
- Y Island
- Yallatup
- Yandinilling
- Yanneymooning
- Yardanogo
- Yarding
- Yarnup
- Yarra Yarra
- Yeal
- Yelbeni
- Yellerup
- Yellowdine
- Yenyening Lakes
- Yeo Lake
- Yilgerin
- Yilliminning
- Yorkrakine Rock
- Yornaning
- Yurine Swamp
- Zuytdorp
Section 5(g) Reserves
- Lane Poole
- Monadnocks
- Purnululu
- Sedimentary Deposits
- Stockyard Gully
- Unnamed (23 different areas)
See also
References
- ↑ "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Department of Environment and Conservation. 2010: 48. ISSN 1835-114X.
The area of the 98 national parks at 30 June 2010 was 5,668,065 hectares
- ↑ "Terrestrial Protected Areas in Western Australia (2014) (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
Further reading
- Streetsmart Travellers Atlas of Western Australia (9th ed.). Department of Land Information and West Australian Newspapers. 2006. p. 289. ISBN 1-921048-13-1.
In the state maps reserves can be identified and are listed in the Geographical Features Index
- Roads & tracks Western Australia : campsites directory, roads and tracks, all in one (5th ed.). Jolimont WA: Quality Publishing Australia. 2007. p. 252. ISBN 1-876723-35-1.
Has a National Parks (including Aboriginal Reserves) index
- UBD Western Australia country road atlas (11th ed.). Macquarie Park NSW: UBD, a division of Universal Publishers. 2005. ISBN 0-7319-1587-9.
Identifies reserves very clearly in maps but has no accompanying index
External links
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