Gondwana Rainforests
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia | |
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Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
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Box Log Falls, Lamington National Park in Queensland.
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Type | Natural |
Criteria | viii, ix, x |
Reference | 368 |
UNESCO region | Asia-Pacific |
Inscription history | |
Inscription | 1986 (10th Session) |
Extensions | 1994 |
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world.[1] Collectively, the rainforests are a World Heritage Site with fifty separate reserves totalling 366,500 hectares (906,000 acres) from Newcastle to Brisbane, clustered around the New South Wales – Queensland border.[2]
The Gondwana Rainforests are so-named because the fossil record indicates that when Gondwana existed it was covered by rainforests containing the same kinds of species that are living today. Not all Gondwanan rainforests in Australia are located in the New South Wales – Queensland region; the largest Gondwanan rainforest in Australia is located in Tasmania's Tarkine wilderness. The number of visitors to the Gondwana rainforest reserves in New South Wales and Queensland is about 2 million per year.[1]
The World Heritage status of the region was created and negotiated initially in 1986, with the area extended in 1994, and carries the following inscription:[1]
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The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia is a serial property comprising the major remaining areas of rainforest in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. It represents outstanding examples of major stages of the Earth’s evolutionary history, ongoing geological and biological processes, and exceptional biological diversity. A wide range of plant and animal lineages and communities with ancient origins in Gondwana, many of which are restricted largely or entirely to the Gondwana Rainforests, survive in this collection of reserves. The Gondwana Rainforests also provides the principal habitat for many threatened species of plants and animals.
— Brief synthesis of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia as inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The site was gazetted on the Australian National Heritage List on 21 May 2007[3] under the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1), 2003 (Cth).[4]
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Conservation value
The forests were inscribed to the World Heritage list in 1986, covering only the New South Wales sites of approximately 310,800 hectares (768,000 acres) and extended in 1994 to cover the Queensland sites of approximately 59,200 hectares (146,000 acres) which is a total of approximately 370,000 hectares (910,000 acres). The rainforest reserves have an extremely high conservation value, with more than 200 rare or threatened plant and animal species.[2]
Eight separate areas have been identified as having outstanding heritage significance to Australia and are included on the Australian National Heritage List.[3] The altitude of the reserves ranges from sea level to almost 1,600 m (5,200 ft).[5]
National Parks
The Queensland areas include the Main Range National Park, at its most northern point; and extending south, the Lamington National Park, Mount Chinghee National Park, Springbrook National Park and Mount Barney National Park.
The New South Wales areas include the Barrington Tops National Park, at its most southern point; and extending north, the Dorrigo National Park, Mount Warning National Park, New England National Park, Mebbin National Park, Nightcap National Park, Border Ranges National Park, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, Washpool National Park, Willi Willi National Park and Werrikimbe National Park.[6]
The most heavily visited parts are Dorrigo National Park and the Natural Bridge section of Springbrook National Park.[5]
Australian National Heritage List sections
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia are divided into sections for listing on the Australian National Heritage List, from north to south, as below:
Section | Park or reserve name | State | Image | Area | Coordinates | Source(s) | |
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Main Range group; near Killarney |
Acacia Plateau Flora Reserve | NSW | |||||
Emu Vale State Forest (part) | Qld | ||||||
Gambubal State Forest (part) | Qld | ||||||
Gilbert State Forest (part) | Qld | ||||||
Goomburra State Forest (part) | Qld | ||||||
Main Range National Park | Qld | 184 | 71 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [7] | ||
Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park | Qld | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [7] | ||||
Spicers Gap State Forest (part) | Qld | ||||||
Teviot State Forest (part) | Qld | ||||||
Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve | NSW | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [8] | ||||
Focal Peak group; on the NSW—Qld border |
Burnett Creek State Forest (part) | ||||||
Captains Creek Flora Reserve (part) | |||||||
Mallanganee National Park | NSW | 11 | 4.2 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [9] | ||
Mount Clunie National Park (part) | NSW | 14 | 5.4 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [10] | ||
Mount Nothofagus National Park (part) | NSW | 22 | 8.5 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [11] | ||
Tooloom National Park (part) | NSW | 44 | 17 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [12] | ||
Toonumbar National Park (part) | NSW | 100px | 149 | 58 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [13] | |
Shield Volcano group; on the NSW—Qld border on the McPherson and Tweed ranges |
Amaroo Flora Reserve | ||||||
Border Ranges National Park (part) | NSW | 317 | 122 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [14] | ||
Lamington National Park | Qld | 206 | 80 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Limpinwood Nature Reserve | NSW | 26.5 | 10.2 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [15] | ||
Mebbin National Park (part) | |||||||
Mount Chinghee National Park | |||||||
Mount Warning National Park | |||||||
Nightcap National Park (part) | |||||||
Numinbah Nature Reserve | NSW | 8.6 | 3.3 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [16] | ||
Springbrook National Park (part) | Qld | 62 | 24 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [17] | ||
various Rabbit Board Reserves along the Rabbit-proof fence |
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Wollumbin National Park | NSW | 100px | 24 | 9.3 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [18] | |
Coastal group; on the coast at Iluka |
Iluka Nature Reserve | NSW | 1.35 | 0.52 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [19] | |
Washpool and Gibraltar Range group; contiguous areas between Glen Innes and Grafton |
Gibraltar Range National Park | NSW | |||||
Washpool National Park | NSW | ||||||
New England group; near Dorrigo |
Cunnawarra National Park (part) | NSW | |||||
Dorrigo National Park (part) | NSW | ||||||
Mount Hyland Nature Reserve (part) | NSW | 25 | 9.7 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [20] | ||
New England National Park (part) | NSW | 100px | 673 | 260 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [21] | |
Hastings–Macleay group; southeast of Armidale |
Fenwicks Scrub Flora Reserve | NSW | 1.1 | 0.42 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [22] | |
Mount Seaview Nature Reserve | NSW | ||||||
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park (part) | NSW | 100px | 1,452 | 561 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [23] | |
The Castles Flora Reserve | NSW | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [24] | ||||
Werrikimbe National Park (part) | NSW | 333 | 129 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [25] | ||
Willi Willi National Park (part) | NSW | 299 | 115 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [26] | ||
Barrington Tops group; north of Dungog |
Barrington Tops National Park (part) | NSW | 765 | 295 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [27] | |
Mount Royal National Park (part) | NSW | 69 | 27 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [28] |
See also
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- Environment of Australia
- Forests of Australia
- List of World Heritage Sites in Australia
- Mount Banda Banda
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External links
- World heritage listing for Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
- Introduction to Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
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