Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

is the smallest mainland state in Australia. it contained separate protected areas with a total land area of (17.26% of the state's area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling (11.32% of the state's area). The parks are managed by Parks Victoria, a state government agency. There are also many smaller state areas which are subject to commercial activity such as logging.

Coastal and marine parks

The state of Victoria has protected approximately 5.3% of coastal waters. In June 2002, legislation was passed to establish 13 marine national parks and 11

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. Victoria is the first jurisdiction in the world to create an entire system of highly protected marine national parks at the same time.

Historic and heritage areas and parks

Beechworth Historic Park Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the , Beechworth had a population of 3,859. Beechworth's many histor ...

Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park is near the town of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. The park protects a nationally significant historic cultural landscape of heritage value and relics of the Victorian gold rush. The Castlem ...

* Nyerimilang Heritage Park * Oriental Claims Historic Area *

Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park Point or points may refer to: Places * Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States * Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Scotland, Lismore, Inner Hebrides, ...

* Steiglitz Historic Park *

Walhalla Historic Area Walhalla is the German form of Old Norse ''Valhöll'', which is commonly anglicised as Valhalla. It may refer to: * Walhalla (memorial), a hall of fame in Donaustauf, Bavaria, Germany. Places Australia * Walhalla, Victoria, Australia * Electo ...

* Upper Goulburn Historic Area *

Whroo Historic Reserve Whroo is a locality in the Shire of Strathbogie and Shire of Campaspe, Victoria, Australia,.. The locality includes the Whroo Historical Area state reserve. History The first inhabitants of the area were the Ngooraialum people. The first Europe ...

Woodlands Historic Park Woodlands may back refer to: * Woodland, a low-density forest Geography Australia * Woodlands, New South Wales * Woodlands, Ashgrove, Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with John Henry Pepper * Woodlands, Marburg, Queensland, a he ...

Indigenous Protected Areas

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s (IPAs) are "areas of land and sea managed by Indigenous groups as protected areas for biodiversity conservation through voluntary agreements with the

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". The following IPAs have been declared in Victoria: * Deen Maar * Framlingham Forest * Kurtonitj *

Lake Condah Lake Condah, also known by its Gunditjmara name Tae Rak, is in the Australian state of Victoria, about west of Melbourne and north-east of Heywood by road. It is in the form of a shallow basin, about in length and wide. The lake is locate ...

* Tyrendarra

National parks

As of 2011 there are 45 national parks in Victoria.Parks Victoria: ''About''
, retrieved 25 November 2012

State parks

Metropolitan parks

Reference areas inside other protected areas

* Ah Kows Gully *

Anser Island Anser Island lies off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park. ...

* Baawang *

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* Baw Baw * Beehive Creek * Benedore River * Berrook * Big River * Blue Rag *

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* Boiler Plain *

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Buangor Buangor is a town in western Victoria. It is about west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Buangor had a population of 112. Buangor Post Office opened on 25 March 1863 The town has a primary school, which was built in 1878, ...

* Buenba * Bungil * Burnside * Calder River * Carpendeit * Chalka Creek * Chiltern Box-Ironbark * Cobboboonee * Cooriemungle * Crinoline Creek * Danyo * Dattuck * Deep Creek *

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* East Caledonia *

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* Entrance Point * Forest Hill * French Island (East) * French Island (North) * Gelantipy Plateau * Grasstree Creek * Hollands Knob * Jemba * Jilpanger * Joey Creek *

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* Kamarooka * Keegans Bend * Kentbruck Heath *

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* Kooyoora * Korong Vale * Lagoon Plateau * Lake Jerriwirrup * Lake Walla Walla * Little Desert (East) * Little Desert (West) * Macks Creek * Merragunegin *

Millewa The Millewa is a region of north western Victoria in Australia. History The County of Millewa was proclaimed in the area in the nineteenth century. In the 1960s the then dryland farming areas of Nangiloc and Colignan were irrigated. Subsequent ...

* Millewa South * Moora Valley * Morkalla *

Mount Buffalo Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau of the Australian Alps and is within the Mount Buffalo National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is located approximately northeast of Melbourne. It is noted for its dramatic scenery. The summit of the highes ...

* Mount Crozier * Mount Gregory * Mount Mcadam * Mount Pleasant * Mountain Creek * Mullungdung * Musket Creek * Olangolah Creek * O'Sullivans Lookout *

Patterson River The Patterson River is a partly man-made urban river of the Port Phillip catchment in the Australian east coast state of Victoria, located in the outer southeastern suburbs of the Greater Melbourne region. Under the name "Patterson", it is t ...

* Parker River * Pine Mountain * Porphyry Hill *

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* Purnya * Raak Plain *

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* Rudds Rocks * Ruths Gully * Seal Creek * Settlement Road * Shepherds Creek * Stony Creek (Otways) * Stony Creek (Kinglake) * Sunset * Terrick Terrick * The Sisters * The Stones * Tom Groggin * Tomahawk Creek * Tooan *

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* Top Island * Toupnein Creek * Vereker Creek * Walsh Creek * Warby Range *

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* White Box Ridge * Whiterock Creek * Winnot Creek * Wombat Creek * Wonnangatta River * Yambulla * Zig Zag Creek

Reference areas outside other protected areas

* Beear * Bennie Creek * Burbibyong Creek * Cambatong * Concordia Gully * Cudgewa Creek * Drum Top * Dry Forest Creek * Durdidwarrah * Eaglehawk Creek * Glen Creek * Hawthorn Creek * Killawarra *

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* Lightwood * Lucyvale Creek * Mitta Mitta * Mount Separation * Musk Creek * Pilot Range * Pyrete Range * Roseneath * Rushworth Forest * Ryans Creek * Sandhurst *

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* Stringybark Creek * Stony Creek (Durdiwarrah) * Tambo River * Tarpaulin Bend * Telopea Downs * Thirteen Mile Spur * Toorour * Twenty Acre Creek * Yan Yean North * Yan Yean South

Wilderness parks

* Avon * Big Desert * Wabba

Wilderness zones inside other protected areas

* Bowen * Buchan Headwaters *

Cape Howe Cape Howe is a coastal headland in eastern Australia, forming the south-eastern end of the Black-Allan Line, a portion of the border between New South Wales and Victoria. History Cape Howe was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on 20 A ...

* Chinaman Flat * Cobberas * Galpunga *

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* Indi * Minook * Mount Cowra * Mount Darling - Snowy Bluff * North Wyperfeld * Razor-Viking * Sandpatch *

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* South Wyperfeld * Sunset * Tingaringy

Nature conservation reserves

There are 328 nature conservation reserves including: *

Deep Lead Nature Conservation Reserve Deep Lead Nature Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of Victoria located in the state's west on the north side of the town centre in Stawell. The area was formerly used for gold mining but now contains a variety of ...

Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve is a reserve, located in Jackass Flat, a northern suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. The reserve was established in 1980 and is managed by Parks Victoria. The dominant tree species within the re ...

Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of Victoria situated to the west of the state capital of Melbourne, between Melton and Bacchus Marsh. It is managed by Parks Victoria. Flora The nature co ...

Mount Elizabeth Nature Conservation Reserve Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Co ...

Mount Hope Nature Conservation Reserve Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Co ...

* Mullinger Swamp Conservation Park *

Spit Nature Conservation Reserve The Spit Nature Conservation Reserve is a 300 ha nature reserve on the north-western shore of Port Phillip, a large bay in Victoria, Australia. It consists of public land set aside to conserve and protect species, communities, and habitats of ind ...

* Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve

Natural feature reserves

There are natural feature reserves.

References

External links

Parks Victoria

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Protected areas Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...