Australian Alps
Australian Heritage Database Places for Decision Class : Natural Item: 1 Identification List: National Heritage List Name of Place: Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves Other Names: Place ID: 105891 File No: 1/08/284/0028 Primary Nominator: 4107 Minister for the Environment and Heritage Nomination Date: 30/01/2007 Principal Group: Alpine environments Status Legal Status: 30/01/2007 - Nominated place Admin Status: 03/06/2008 - Assessment by AHC completed Assessment Assessor: Recommendation: Place meets one or more NHL criteria Assessor's Comments: Other Assessments: : Location Nearest Town: Thredbo Village Distance from town (km): Direction from town: Area (ha): 1608650 Address: The Alpine Wy, Thredbo Village, NSW, 2625 LGA: Yass Valley NSW Alpine Shire VIC Towong Shire VIC East Gippsland Shire VIC Wellington Shire VIC Australian Capital Territory ACT Snowy River Shire NSW Bombala Shire NSW Mansfield Shire VIC Tumbarumba NSW Tumut NSW Cooma-Monaro NSW Location/Boundaries: About 1,653,180ha, comprising the following national parks and reserves located in the Australian Alps: Brindabella National Park, about 12050ha, 35km south-south-west of Yass, NSW; Namadgi National Park, about 105900ha, 35km south-west of Canberra, ACT; Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, about 5500ha, 25km south-west of Canberra, ACT; Bimberi Nature Reserve, about 7100ha, 55km east-south-east of Tumut, NSW; Scabby Range Nature Reserve, about 3400ha, 25km north of Adaminaby, NSW; Kosciuszko National Park, about 690000ha, 10km west of Jindabyne, NSW; Alpine National Park, about 646000ha, 5km south-east of Mount Beauty, VIC; Snowy River National Park, about 98700ha, 25km north-north-west of Orbost, VIC; Avon Wilderness Park, about 40000ha, 30km north-north-west of Maffra, VIC.
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