Major National and Marine Parks World Heritage Areas

Australia Protected areas Major national and marine parks

ARAFURA SEA

TIMOR SEA GREAT

DARWIN KAKADU Gulf BARRIER INDIAN NP of NITMILUK Carpentaria OCEAN NP CORAL SEA DRYSDALE REEF ROWLEY RIVER NP DAINTREE SHOALS NP PURNULULU MP MARINE NP BOODJAMULLA NP

PARK NORTHERN TERRITORY RUDALL QUEENSLAND RIVER NP NINGALOO ULURU– MP KATA TJUTA SIMPSON NP DESERT PACIFIC WESTERN AUSTRALIA NP CARNARVON OCEAN SHARK NP B AY MP LAKE EYRE BRISBANE NP SOUTH AUSTRALIA NULLARBOR NEW FLINDERS NAMBUNG NP SOUTH RANGES WALES WARRUMBUNGLE NP NP NP Great Australian PERTH MUNGO INDIAN Bight NP SYDNEY LORD HOWE FITZGERALD ADELAIDE ISLAND OCEAN RIVER KOSCIUSZKO MP NP CANBERRA NP AUSTRALIAN GRAMPIANS CAPITAL NPVICTORIA TERRITORY MELBOURNE ALPINE DIRECTION KEY SCALE NP TWELVE N National park (NP) Kilometres APOSTLES Marine park (MP) 0 125 250 375 MARINE Bass Strait TASMAN SEA NP W E State/Territory border One centimetre on CRADLE MOUNTAIN– S the map measures LAKE ST CLAIR TASMANIA 125 kilometres on the ground. NP HOBART

World Heritage areas

ARAFURA SEA TIMOR SEA

DARWIN Gulf GREAT HEARD AND KAKADU of McDONALD NATIONAL Carpentaria ISLANDS PARK CORAL SEA MACQUARIE ISLAND B A PURNULULU R WET TROPICS OF R NATIONAL QUEENSLAND IE PARK R AUSTRALIAN FOSSIL MAMMAL REEF NORTHERN SITES (RIVERSLEIGH) TERRITORY QUEENSLAND PACIFIC ULURU– KATA TJUTA OCEAN NATIONAL PARK WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRASER SHARK ISLAND B AY

BRISBANE SOUTH AUSTRALIA INDIAN NEW CENTRAL SOUTH EASTERN OCEAN WALES RAINFOREST WILLANDRA RESERVES LAKES LORD HOWE PERTH Great Australian REGION GREATER SYDNEY ISLAND GROUP Bight BLUE OPERA MOUNTAINS HOUSE To Heard and ADELAIDE AREA SYDNEY McDonald Islands CANBERRA AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TASMAN SEA FOSSIL MAMMAL MELBOURNEVICTORIA TERRITORY SITES DIRECTION KEY SCALE (NARACOORTE) ROYAL EXHIBITION N World Heritage area Kilometres BUILDING AND 0 125 250 375 Bass Strait CARLTON GARDENS State/Territory border (MELBOURNE) W E One centimetre on S the map measures TASMANIA To Macquarie 125 kilometres on the ground. TASMANIAN Island WILDERNESS HOBART

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Background Questions

This chart has two maps showing different features of Observing Australia. ‘Australia Major national and marine parks’ • Locate the five features associated with the BOLTS is a thematic map that shows areas of Australia that are mnemonic: border, orientation, legend, title and scale. classified as national parks or marine parks. ‘Australia World Heritage areas’ is a thematic map that shows the Comprehending location of each of the World Heritage areas. It also • Are these physical, political or thematic maps? contains an inset showing the location of Macquarie • Have you visited any of the national parks, marine Island and the Heard and McDonald Islands. Two more parks or World Heritage areas on the maps? Which insets and arrows indicate these islands’ positions in ones? relation to the mainland. Applying These maps can be used for case studies of specific • How would you write the scale as a ratio? areas and for comparisons between areas. Students can • On the ‘Major national and marine parks’ map, analyse the impact that humans have on the environment what direction is Flinders Ranges National Park from and the reasons for classifying areas as national park, Nullarbor National Park? And what direction is Nitmiluk marine park or World Heritage. Plants, animals, buildings National Park from Purnululu National Park? and landscapes protected by these areas can be studied. Analysing Students can practise mapping skills, such as using a scale, a compass and a key. • On the ‘Major national and marine parks’ map, work out the approximate area of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. • Compare both of the maps. Are any of the national parks and marine parks also classified as World Heritage areas? Evaluating • Why are national parks, marine parks and World Heritage areas important? Reflecting • How might Australia be different if areas were not protected by national park, marine park and World Heritage classifications?

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Acknowledgements Cartographer, Damien Demaj DEMAP. Canoeing in the Australian outback © Corbis Digital Stock. Trees on coastline © Corbis Digital Stock. The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park © Corbis Digital Stock. Coral and fish at Great Barrier Reef © Corbis Digital Stock.