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Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, as of 2023, has 112 national parks, of which all but four are named. The oldest of these,
John Forrest Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 – 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister i ...
, was proclaimed in 1900 while the latest, Pimbee and
Bunuba The ''Bunuba'' (also known as Bunaba, Punapa, Punuba) are a group of Indigenous Australians and are one of the traditional owners of the southern West Kimberley, in Western Australia. Many now live in and around the town of Fitzroy Crossing. ...
, were proclaimed in 2023. The largest number of national parks to be proclaimed was in 2004, when 28 parks were created in the state. Just under 2.6 percent of the state of Western Australia is covered by national parks. The proposed Helena and Aurora Ranges National Park in the Helena and Aurora Range had its first stage of approval completed in October 2022. Another proposed national park in Western Australia is the
Edel Land National Park Edel Land National Park is a proposed national park located in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia, located north of the state's capital Perth. The national park is also a part of the Shark Bay World Heritage Site and lies south of Ste ...
.
Steep Point Steep Point () is the westernmost point of mainland Australia. It is located within the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, north of the state's capital Perth, in the proposed Edel Land National Park. It is also a part of the Shark Bay ...
, the most westerly part of the Australian mainland, would be located within the boundaries of the park. At the time of the last two-yearly Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report in 2022, of land in Western Australia was covered by national park, which is 8.55 percent of all protected areas in the state. Overall, just over 30 percent of Western Australia is covered by protected areas.


National parks list


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John Forrest National Park John Forrest National Park is a national park in the Darling Scarp, east of Perth, Western Australia. Proclaimed as a national park in November 1900, it was the first national park in Western Australia and the second in Australia after Royal Nat ...
is considered to be Western Australia's oldest national park, declared on 30 November 1900. Despite this,
Walyunga National Park Walyunga National Park is a national park in Western Australia, 35 km northeast of Perth along the Great Northern Highway. The park is situated just behind the Darling Scarp in the Darling Range spread over a steeply sided valley. The Swan- ...
is officially stated as having been declared on 8 June 1893. * National parks were created after the 2022 Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report, limited or incomplete information available at this point.


Key for IBRA

Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was devel ...
: * AVW:
Avon Wheatbelt The Avon Wheatbelt is a bioregion in Western Australia. It has an area of . It is considered part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion. Geography The Avon Wheatbelt bioregion is mostly a gently undulating landscape with low reli ...
* CAR:
Carnarvon xeric shrublands The Carnarvon xeric shrublands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Western Australia. The ecoregion is coterminous with the Carnarvon Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) bioregion.Central Kimberley The Central Kimberley, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the central Kimberley region of Western Australia, comprising an area of .
* COO:
Coolgardie bioregion Coolgardie is an Australian bioregion consisting of an area of low hills and plains of infertile sandy soil in Western Australia. It has an area of . It includes much of the Great Western Woodlands. Location and description This is a transiti ...
* DAL:
Dampierland Dampierland is an interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia.IBRA Version 6.1
* ESP:
Esperance Plains Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordered to the north by the Mallee region. It is a pl ...
* GAS:
Gascoyne bioregion Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia. It has an area of . Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fu ...
* GES:
Geraldton Sandplains Geraldton (Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...
* GSD:
Great Sandy Desert The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion,IBRA Version 6.1
data
* HAM:
Hampton bioregion Hampton is an interim Australian bioregion located in southeastern coastal Western Australia, with a small portion (4%) extending into adjacent South Australia. It has an area of . The Hampton bioregion is part of the Coolgardie woodlands eco ...
* JAF:
Jarrah Forest Jarrah forest is tall open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is ''Eucalyptus marginata'' (jarrah). The ecosystem occurs only in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia. It is most common in the biogeographic region named in ...
* LSD:
Little Sandy Desert The Little Sandy Desert (LSD) is a desert region in the state of Western Australia, lying to the east of the Pilbara and north of the Gascoyne regions. It is part of the Western Desert cultural region, and was declared an interim Australian ...
* MAL:
Mallee bioregion Mallee, also known as Roe Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. Located between the Esperance Plains, Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie bioregions, it has a low, gently undulating topography, a semi-arid me ...
* MUR:
Murchison (Western Australia) The Murchison is an interim Australian bioregion located within the Mid West of Western Australia. The bioregion is loosely related to the catchment area of the Murchison River and has an area of . Traditionally the region is known as ''The ...
* NOK:
Northern Kimberley The Northern Kimberley, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia,Ord Victoria Plain The Ord Victoria Plain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, comprising .
* PIL:
Pilbara shrublands The Pilbara shrublands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in Western Australia. It is coterminous with the Pilbara IBRA region. For other definitions and uses of "Pilbara region" see Pilbara. Geography The Pilbara shrublands is bou ...
* SWA:
Swan Coastal Plain The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geol ...
* VIB:
Victoria Bonaparte The Victoria Bonaparte, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Western Australia,
* WAR:
Warren bioregion Warren, also known as Karri Forest Region and the Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands ecoregion, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. Located in the southwest corner of Western Australia between Cape Naturaliste and Albany, i ...
* YAL:
Yalgoo bioregion Yalgoo is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia. It has an area of . The bioregion, together with the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions, is part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion as cl ...


See also

*
List of named nature reserves of Western Australia Western Australia, as of 2022, has 1,233 Nature reserve (Australia), nature reserves, of which 826 are named and 407 unnamed. At the time of the last two-yearly Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report in 2022, of land in Wester ...
*
List of unnamed nature reserves of Western Australia Western Australia, as of 2022, has 1,233 Nature reserve (Australia), nature reserves, of which 826 are named and 407 unnamed. At the time of the last two-yearly Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report in 2022, of land in Wester ...
* List of conservation parks of Western Australia * List of Indigenous Protected Areas of Western Australia


References


External links


Explore Parks WA

Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD): protected area data

Australian Protected Areas Dashboard
{{National Parks of Western Australia
National parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
National parks of Western Australia Western Australia is the second largest country subdivision in the world. It contains no fewer than separate Protected Areas with a total area of (land area: – 6.30% of the state’s area). Ninety-eight of these are National Parks, totalli ...
National parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...