4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2007  
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Contents >> 9.0 Environmental Heritage - Introduction >> 9.5 Natural Environment Places

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PLACES

The Register of the National Estate which is administered by the Australian Heritage Council provides a list of Australia's natural environment places with heritage significance. The Register listed 2,399 natural environment places at the end of June 2003. Many of these were national parks and reserves, but other common places included wetlands, endangered species habitats and geological monuments.

9.12 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PLACES ON THE REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE(a) - 30 June 2003
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT(b)
Aust.(c)
Vegetation communities
125
139
66
78
72
42
15
3
542
Flora species sites and habitat
88
35
26
54
76
32
20
10
342
Fauna habitats
58
33
32
67
46
35
10
2
296
Geological sites and areas
69
36
22
67
19
37
1
8
259
Wetlands and rivers
41
25
21
39
59
25
14
1
225
Coastal environments
38
16
32
23
16
11
2
1
142
Landform sites and areas
18
11
40
3
14
17
6
2
111
Island environments
21
4
17
21
17
20
2
1
104
Temperate environments
9
50
-
11
15
17
-
2
104
Palæontological sites
16
7
9
7
9
15
1
-
64
Other
38
30
64
21
30
20
2
-
210
Total
521
386
329
391
373
271
73
30
2 399
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Includes both registered and interim listed places.
(b) Includes Jervis Bay.
(c) Includes external territories.
Australian Heritage Commission, Annual Report, 2002-03 (online).


More comprehensive statistics on the types of places on the Register of the National Estate can be found in the annual reports of the Australian Heritage Commission, and on their website www.ahc.gov.au.



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