Protected areas of the Northern Territory (Australia)

The Northern Territory contains 95 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 5,350,533 hectares (land area: 5,126,866 hectares – 3.81% of the territory’s area). Ten of these are National parks, totalling 1,962,204 hectares (1.46% of the territory’s area). Four are Aboriginal National Parks, totalling 531,485 hectares (0.39% of the territory’s area). Another four are Commonwealth National Parks (managed by the Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service – Commonwealth Government), totalling 2,114,276 hectares (1.57% of the territory’s area).

Table of contents 1 Protected areas of the Northern Territory 1.1 Conservation Reserves 1.2 Historical Reserves 1.3 Hunting Reserves 1.4 Management Agreement Areas 1.5 National Parks 1.6 Nature Parks 1.7 Other Conservation Areas 1.8 Protected Areas 1 External Links

Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Conservation Reserves

• Annas Reservoir[?]
• Blackmore River[?]
• Caranbirrini[?]
• Connells Lagoon[?]
• Corroboree Rock[?]
• Devils Marbles[?]
• Ewaninga Rock Carvings[?]
• Fogg Dam[?]
• Henbury Meteorites[?]
• Illamurta Springs[?]
• Kuyunba[?]
• Mac Clark (Acacia Peuce)[?]
• Native Gap[?]
• Rainbow Valley[?]
• Tnorala (Gosse Bluff)[?] (aboriginal)

Historical Reserves

• Alice Springs Telegraph Station[?]
• Arltunga[?]
• Attack Creek[?]
• Barrow Creek Telegraph Station[?]
• Central Mount Stuart[?]
• Chambers Pillar[?]
• Channel Island[?]
• Gregorys Tree[?]
• Heavitree Gap Police Station[?]
• John Flynn Memorial[?]
• John Flynns Grave[?]
• Ryan Well[?]
• Stuarts Tree[?]
• Tennant Creek Telegraph Station[?]
• Victoria River Depot[?]

Hunting Reserves

• Howard Springs[?]

Management Agreement Areas

• Junction Reserve[?]

National Parks

• Barranyi (North Island) (Aboriginal)
• Charles Darwin
• Davenport Murchison
• Djukbinj (Aboriginal)
• Dulcie Ranges
• Elsey
• Finke Gorge
• Garig Gunak Barlu (Aboriginal - formerly Gurig National Park & Cobourg Marine Park)
• Gregory
• Jabiru[?] (Commonwealth) (NOTE: it is not clear if this is a separate NP or if it is incorporated in Kakadu NP)
• Kakadu (Commonwealth)
• Kakadu Holiday Village[?] (Commonwealth) (NOTE: it is not clear if this is a separate NP or if it is incorporated in Kakadu NP)
• Keep River
• Litchfield
• Mary River (proposed)
• Nitmiluk (Aboriginal)
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Commonwealth)
• Watarrka
• West Macdonnell

Nature Parks

• Butterfly Gorge[?]
• Cutta Cutta Caves[?]
• Emily And Jessie Gap[?]
• Flora River[?]
• Holmes Jungle[?]
• Howard Springs[?]
• Katherine Low Level[?]
• Kintore Caves[?]
• Leaning Tree Lagoon[?]
• N'dhala Gorge[?]
• Ruby Gap[?]
• Trephina Gorge[?]
• Umbrawarra Gorge[?]
• Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn)[?] (aboriginal)

Other Conservation Areas

• Adelaide River Foreshore[?]
• Alice Springs[?]
• Alligator Lagoon[?]
• Annaburroo Delta Block[?]
• Berry Springs Access[?]
• Black Jungle / Lambells Lagoon[?]
• Casuarina[?]
• Daly River[?]
• Darwin[?]
• Douglas / Daly Esplanade[?]
• Harrison Dam[?]
• Indian Island[?]
• Knuckey Lagoons[?]
• Manton Dam[?]
• Mary River[?]
• Mary River Crossing[?]
• McKinley River[?]
• Melacca Swamp[?]
• Olloo Crossing[?]
• Point Stuart[?]
• Purta[?]
• Shady Camp[?]
• Swim Creek[?]
• Tree Point[?]
• Vernon Islands[?]
• Wildman River[?]
• Territory / Berry Springs[?] (combined Wildlife / Nature Park)

Protected Areas

• Alice Springs Area[?]
• Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station[?]
• Longreach Waterhole[?]

See also:

• Protected areas of Australia

External Links

• Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory (http://www.nt.gov.au/ipe/paw/welcome)