Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Australia
Date of Inscription: 1986
Extension: 1994 Criteria: (viii)(ix)(x) Property : 370000.0000 ha States of New South Wales and Queensland S28 15 0 E150 3 0 Ref: 368bis |
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Brief Description
This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.
Gondwana rainforests
| Peter Lik
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Notes
Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'
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