Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park, is inscribed on the World Heritage List for both its natural and cultural values. It is one of the most ecologically and biologically diverse places in Australia.

Kakadu's traditional owners maintain strong links to their country, links that are demonstrated through their cultural practices, spiritual beliefs and traditional management of their country. An estimated 15,000 rock art sites and innumerable artefacts and sites of cultural, archaeological and historic significance in the Kakadu region contribute to archaeological evidence indicating that people have lived continuously in the region for at least 50,000 years.

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Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park is inscribed on the World Heritage List for both the cultural and natural values of its landscape. The park supports traditional owners to maintain their living culture and contains landscapes of exceptional scenic beauty. It also protects the iconic rock outcrops of Uluru - Kata Tjuta and outstanding examples of arid zone flora and fauna.

Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park is a place of great spiritual and cultural importance to Anangu (western desert Aboriginal people). For countless generations this ancient landscape has been influenced by the activities of Anangu and their ancestors. The land management techniques that are a feature of these activities are an intrinsic part of Tjukurpa (traditional law and culture) and a feature of the joint management of the park by Anangu and Parks Australia.

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Booderee National Park

Booderee National Park is of great significance to its traditional owners, the Wreck Bay Aboriginal community, who are increasingly involved through a unique and evolving joint management model in running and servicing the park, and providing Aboriginal cultural experiences to its many visitors. More than 100 prehistoric Aboriginal sites dating back thousands of years have been recorded on the Bherwerre Peninsula. The Booderee Botanic Gardens component of the park is the only Aboriginal-owned botanic garden in Australia.

Booderee National Park protects most of the southern peninsula of Jervis Bay, the Bherwerre Peninsula, Bowen Island, and the waters and seabed in the southern part of the bay.

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Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden

Historically Norfolk Island has been subject to extensive land clearing for agriculture and housing.
Today, the national park and botanic garden are the last refuge for many plants and animals including over 180 native plant species, 40 of which are endemic and 46 which are listed species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

Seven bird species and subspecies are endemic to Norfolk Island with four of these listed as threatened species under the EPBC Act: the Norfolk Island boobook owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata), the Norfolk Island green parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii), the Norfolk Island golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta), and the Norfolk Island scarlet robin (Petroica multicolor multicolor).

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Christmas Island National Park

Christmas Island's remoteness, climate and the influence of land crabs have resulted in the development of distinct tropical rainforest ecosystems that support a number of endemic animal species and 20 endemic plant species. The island provides important habitat for seven endemic land bird species and eight species (and one endemic subspecies) of resident seabirds, including the last remaining nesting habitat of the endangered Abbott's booby (Papasula abbotti).

The island has an extraordinary diversity and abundance of land crabs, with notable species being robber crabs (Birgus latro) and red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis). Red crabs are the island's 'keystone' species as they influence the structure and species composition of the island's rainforests.

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Pulu Keeling National Park

Pulu Keeling National Park's most outstanding feature is its intact coral atoll ecosystem. With the widespread global decline of similar coral island habitats and their reefs due to human interactions, the conservation and protection of the park and its wildlife are of international importance.

The park, which makes up the whole of North Keeling Island, is an internationally significant seabird rookery. The breeding colony of the dominant bird species - the red-footed booby (Sula sula) - is one of the largest in the world.