Conservation Parks As of 2022, the following 72 conservation parks exist in Western Australia, covering or 0.5 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 1.66 percent of all protected areas in the state. •
Department of Lands and Surveys: 1 January 1890 - (partly split) 31 December 1895 • Wood and Forests Department: 1 January 1896 – 31 December 1918 •
Forests Department: 1 January 1919 – 21 March 1985 • State Gardens Board: 15 December 1920 – 30 April 1957 (Parks and Reserves Act 1895) • National Parks Board: 1 May 1957 – 30 July 1977 • Department of Fisheries and Fauna: 1 October 1964 – 31 December 1973 • National Parks Authority: 1 August 1977 – 15 April 1985 • The National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority replaced the National Parks Authority on 16 April 1985 ceased 30 October 2000. Then to the Conservation Commission. • Wildlife section of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: 1 January 1974 – 21 March 1985 • Department of Environment: 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2006 •
Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM): 22 March 1985 – 30 June 2006 (Conservation and Land Management Act 1984) • Department of Parks and Wildlife (2006 to 2017 ?) • The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions was created on 1 July 2017
List As of 2023, Western Australia has 112 national parks. At the time of the 2022 Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report, the 110 then-registered national parks covered or 2.58 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 8.55 percent of all protected areas in the state. As of 2022, 44 5(1)(g) Reserves exist in Western Australia, covering or 0.09 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 0.29 percent of all protected areas in the state. •
Anangu Tjutaku Indigenous Protected Area •
Balanggarra Indigenous Protected Area •
Bardi Jawi Indigenous Protected Area •
Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area •
Dambimangari Indigenous Protected Area •
Karajarri Indigenous Protected Area •
Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protected Area •
Matuwa and Kurrara-Kurrara Indigenous Protected Area •
Ngaanyatjarra Indigenous Protected Area •
Ngadju Indigenous Protected Area •
Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area •
Ninghan Indigenous Protected Area •
Nyangumarta Warrarn Indigenous Protected Area •
Paruku Indigenous Protected Area •
Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area •
Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Indigenous Protected Area •
Wilinggin Indigenous Protected Area •
Yawuru Indigenous Protected Area Others Additionally to the protected areas listed above, Western Australia, as of 2022, also has two Botanic Gardens (
Kings Park and
Bold Park), 172 Conservation Covenants, ten Conservation Reserves, six Management Areas, eight Private Nature Reserves, one State Reserve (
Rottnest Island) and two unclassified areas (one of those being
Perth Zoo). Additionally, another 50 protected areas existed in 2022 which were waiting to be gazetted. ==See also==