Parks Australia

Australian government department, 2013-2016

Parks Australia is an agency that manages national parks and conservation areas in Australia. The parks are governed by the Director of National Parks, which is a division of the federal government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Parks Australia looks after parks in the federal territories; those in the six states are managed by their own state-government agencies. Parks Australia provides some support to each state in managing their parklands. It also supports indigenous landholders to establish Indigenous Protected Areas.[1]

Captain Cook Lookout, in the Norfolk Island National Park.

Parks Australia manages six national parks and two botanical gardens:

Booderee, Kakadu and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa are managed jointly with their traditional owners.[2]

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  1. "Parks Australia". Director of National Parks; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. "The Director of National Parks and Parks Australia". Director of National Parks; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

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