Protected areas of Queensland


Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia. As at 2020, it contained more than 1,000 protected areas. In August 2023, it was estimated a total of 14.5 million hectares or 8.38% of Queensland's landmass was protected.

List of terrestrial protected areas

Conservation Parks

Conservation Reserves

Feature Protection Areas

  • Big Ironbark
  • Booroobin
  • Goggrell's Tree
  • Jowarra
  • Rosehall
  • Unnamed
  • Western Creek

National Parks

NameLocal government areaAreaEstablishedWorld Heritage AreaIBRA regionCoordinates
AlbiniaCentral Highlands2008BBN
AltonBalonne1973BBS
Alwal*Cook2010CYP
AmamoorGympie2006SEQ
Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku)Cook2006CYP, WET
Apudthama*Cook1977CYP
Astrebla DownsDiamantina1996CHC, MGD
Auburn RiverNorth Burnett1964BBS
BagaLivingstone1977BBN
Ban BanNorth Burnett, Gympie2006SEQ
BaniaNorth Burnett, Bundaberg2008BBS, SEQ
Barnard Island GroupCassowary Coast1936Great Barrier ReefWET
Barron GorgeMareeba, Cairns1940Wet TropicsWET
Basilisk RangeCassowary Coast2010WET
Batavia*Cook2012CYP
BeeronNorth Burnett2009BBS
BellthorpeMoreton Bay, Somerset2010SEQ
BenarkinSomerset2006SEQ
BendideeGoondiwindi1979BBS
BeninbiNorth Burnett2006SEQ
BingeraBundaberg2006SEQ
Biniirr*Cook2016CYP
BinyaParoo2009MUL
BlackbraesEtheridge, Charters Towers, Flinders1998EIU, GUP
Blackdown TablelandCentral Highlands1980BBS
BlackwoodCharters Towers1991BBN
BladensburgWinton1984CHC, MGD
Bluff HillMackay2008CMC
BoodjamullaBurke, Mount Isa1984Australian Fossil Mammal SitesGFU, GUP, MGD, MII
Bowling Green BayTownsville, Burdekin1940BBN
Brampton IslandsMackay1936Great Barrier ReefCMC
Bribie IslandMoreton Bay, Sunshine Coast1988SEQ
Broad Sound IslandsLivingstone, Isaac1980Great Barrier ReefBBN, CMC
Bromley (Ampulin)*Cook2004CYP
Bromley (Kungkaychi)*Cook2004CYP
Brook IslandsCassowary Coast1936Great Barrier ReefWET
BulburinGladstone, Bundaberg2006SEQ
BulleringaMareeba, Etheridge1992EIU, GUP
Bunya MountainsSouth Burnett, Western Downs, Toowoomba1908BBS, SEQ
Burleigh HeadGold Coast1947SEQ
Burrum CoastBundaberg, Fraser Coast1960SEQ
ByfieldLivingstone1989CMC
Cania GorgeNorth Burnett1977BBS
Cape HillsboroughMackay1969CMC
Cape Melville*Cook1973CYP
Cape PalmerstonMackay, Isaac1976CMC
Cape UpstartWhitsunday1969BBN
Capricorn CoastLivingstone1943BBN, CMC
Capricornia CaysGladstone1960Great Barrier ReefSEQ
Capricornia Cays^Gladstone1937Great Barrier ReefSEQ
CarnarvonCentral Highlands, Maranoa, Murweh1932BBS
Castle TowerGladstone1975BBS, SEQ
CherbourgSouth Burnett2006SEQ
Chesterton RangeMurweh, Maranoa1992BBS
Chillagoe-Mungana CavesMareeba1940EIU
Claremont IslesCook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
Clump MountainCassowary Coast1978Wet TropicsWET
Coalstoun LakesNorth Burnett1929SEQ
ConondaleSunshine Coast, Somerset, Gympie1977SEQ
ConwayWhitsunday1936CMC
CordalbaBundaberg2000SEQ
Crater LakesTablelands1934Wet TropicsWET
Crows NestToowoomba1967SEQ
CudmoreBarcaldine1998DEU
Culgoa FloodplainBalonne, Paroo1994DRP, MUL
CurrawinyaBulloo, Paroo1991MUL
Curtain FigTablelands2008Wet TropicsWET
Curtis IslandGladstone1992Great Barrier ReefBBN
D'AguilarBrisbane, Moreton Bay, Somerset1930SEQ
Daarrba*Cook1973CYP
Daintree*Douglas1967Wet TropicsWET
DalrympleCharters Towers1990EIU
Dan DanGladstone2001BBS, SEQ
DanbullaTablelands, Mareeba, Cairns2003Wet TropicsEIU, WET
Davies CreekMareeba1971EIU, WET
DawesGladstone, North Burnett2006BBS, SEQ
DeepwaterGladstone1979SEQ
Deer ReserveSomerset2006SEQ
DiamantinaDiamantina1993CHC, MGD
DindenMareeba, Cairns2005Wet TropicsWET
Dipperu^Isaac1980BBN
DjiruCassowary Coast2009Wet TropicsWET
DryanderWhitsunday1989CMC
DularchaSunshine Coast1921SEQ
Ella BayCassowary Coast, Cairns1978Wet TropicsWET
Endeavour RiverCook1975CYP
Epping Forest^Isaac1971BBN
ErringibbaWestern Downs1990BBS
Errk Oykangand*Carpentaria1977CYP, GUP
EskSomerset2006SEQ
Eubenangee SwampCairns1977WET
Eudlo CreekSunshine Coast1918SEQ
EungellaMackay1936BBN, CMC
EurimbulaGladstone1977SEQ
ExpeditionBanana, Maranoa, Central Highlands1953BBS
Fairlies KnobFraser Coast1910SEQ
Family IslandsCassowary Coast1936Great Barrier ReefWET
Ferntree CreekSunshine Coast1947SEQ
Finucane IslandBurke, Carpentaria2003GUP
Fitzroy IslandCairns1989Great Barrier ReefWET
Flinders Group*Cook1939Great Barrier ReefCYP
Forest DenBarcaldine1991DEU
Fort LyttonBrisbane1988SEQ
Forty Mile ScrubMareeba, Tablelands1970EIU
Frankland GroupCairns1936Great Barrier ReefWET
FreshwaterMoreton Bay1973SEQ
GadgarraTablelands2010Wet TropicsWET
GattonLockyer Valley2006SEQ
GehamToowoomba2006SEQ
Gheebulum Kunungai (Moreton Island)Brisbane1966SEQ
GirramayCassowary Coast2007Wet TropicsWET
GirraweenSouthern Downs1930NET
GirringunHinchinbrook, Tablelands, Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers1965Wet TropicsEIU, WET
Glass House MountainsSunshine Coast, Moreton Bay1954SEQ
GlastonburyGympie2001SEQ
GlenbarFraser Coast, Gympie2006SEQ
Gloucester IslandWhitsunday1934Great Barrier ReefBBN, CMC
GoneawayBarcoo1995CHC
GoodedullaRockhampton1994BBS
Goodnight ScrubBundaberg, North Burnett1998SEQ
Goold IslandCassowary Coast1936Great Barrier ReefWET
GoomboorianGympie37015SEQ
Great Basalt WallCharters Towers1987DEU, EIU
Great SandyFraser Coast, Gympie, Noosa1971K'gari (Fraser Island)SEQ
Green IslandCairns1937Great Barrier ReefWET
Grey PeaksCairns1971Wet TropicsWET
GrongahGympie, Fraser Coast2007SEQ
GulngayCassowary Coast2019WET
GympieGympie2006SEQ
Halifax Bay WetlandsHinchinbrook1978WET
HamptonToowoomba2006SEQ
Hann TablelandMareeba1989EIU
Hasties SwampTablelands1980WET
Hell Hole GorgeQuilpie1992MUL
Herberton RangeTablelands2008Wet TropicsWET
Hinchinbrook IslandCassowary Coast1932Great Barrier ReefWET
Holbourne IslandWhitsunday1982Great Barrier ReefCMC
HomevaleIsaac1995BBN, CMC
Hope Islands*Cook, Douglas1939Great Barrier ReefWET
Howick Group*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
Hull RiverCassowary Coast1994Wet TropicsWET
HumboldtCentral Highlands2008BBN, BBS
IdaliaQuilpie, Blackall-Tambo, Longreach1990MGD, MUL
Isla GorgeBanana1964BBS
JapoonCassowary Coast1992Wet TropicsWET
JuneeIsaac2000BBN
Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan*Cook1977CYP
Kalkajaka*Cook1967CYP, WET
KelvinMackay2009CMC
Keppel Bay IslandsLivingstone, Gladstone1940Great Barrier ReefBBN, CMC
Keppel Bay Islands^Livingstone1940Great Barrier ReefBBN, CMC
KinraraTablelands2003EIU
KirramaTablelands, Cassowary Coast2005Wet TropicsWET
KondalillaSunshine Coast1945SEQ
KoombooloombaTablelands, Cassowary Coast2010Wet TropicsWET
Kroombit TopsGladstone, Banana, North Burnett1974BBS, SEQ
KULLA (McIlwraith Range)*Cook2008CYP
KurandaMareeba, Cairns2005Wet TropicsEIU, WET
Kurrimine BeachCassowary Coast1977Wet TropicsWET
Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range)*Cook1981CYP
Lake BindegollyBulloo1991MUL
Lama Lama*Cook2008CYP
LamingtonScenic Rim, Gold Coast1915Gondwana RainforestsSEQ
Lindeman IslandsMackay1936Great Barrier ReefCMC
LittabellaBundaberg, Gladstone1980SEQ
Little MulgraveCairns2010Wet TropicsWET
LittletonEtheridge, Croydon2015EIU, GUP
Lizard IslandCook1939Great Barrier ReefCYP
LochernLongreach1994CHC, MGD
LockyerLockyer Valley2008SEQ
Ma'alpiku Island*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
MaalanTablelands2005Wet TropicsWET
Macalister RangeDouglas, Cairns2010Wet TropicsWET
Magnetic IslandTownsville1954Great Barrier ReefBBN
Main RangeSouthern Downs, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley1909Gondwana RainforestsBBS, SEQ
Malbon Thompson RangeCairns2024
MalenySunshine Coast2006SEQ
MapletonSunshine Coast2011SEQ
Mapleton FallsSunshine Coast1973SEQ
Maria CreekCassowary Coast1976WET
MarialaQuilpie1992MUL
Marpa*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
MazeppaIsaac1972BBN
Melsonby (Gaarraay)*Cook2006CYP
Michaelmas and Upolu CaysDouglas1975Great Barrier ReefWET
Millstream FallsTablelands1909WET
Minerva HillsCentral Highlands1978BBN
Mitirinchi Island*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
Molle IslandsWhitsunday1980Great Barrier ReefCMC
Moogerah PeaksScenic Rim1948SEQ
Mooloolah RiverSunshine Coast1960SEQ
MoorrinyaFlinders1993DEU
Moresby RangeCassowary Coast1972Wet TropicsWET
Mount Abbot^Whitsunday2010BBN
Mount AberdeenWhitsunday1952BBN
Mount ArcherRockhampton, Livingstone1994BBN
Mount BarneyScenic Rim1947Gondwana RainforestsSEQ
Mount Bauple^Fraser Coast1977SEQ
Mount BingaToowoomba2006SEQ
Mount ChingheeScenic Rim1994Gondwana RainforestsSEQ
Mount ColosseumGladstone1994SEQ
Mount CookCook1970CYP
Mount CoolumSunshine Coast1990SEQ
Mount Etna CavesLivingstone1975BBN
Mount HypipameeTablelands1939Wet TropicsWET
Mount LewisMareeba, Douglas2009Wet TropicsEIU, WET
Mount MackayCassowary Coast2005Wet TropicsWET
Mount MartinMackay1994CMC
Mount O'ConnellLivingstone1989BBN
Mount OssaMackay1994CMC
Mount PinbarrenNoosa1929SEQ
Mount SpurgeonMareeba2008Wet TropicsWET
Mount WalshNorth Burnett, Fraser Coast1947SEQ
Mount WindsorCook, Douglas, Mareeba2005Wet TropicsEIU, WET
MowbrayDouglas, Mareeba1998Wet TropicsWET
MudloGympie2007SEQ
Munga-ThirriDiamantina1967SSD
Muundhi (Jack River)*Cook2005CYP
NairanaIsaac2003BBN
NangurGympie2006SEQ
Naree Budjong DjaraRedland1962SEQ
NarkoolaBalonne2010MUL
Narrien RangeIsaac1991BBN
NerangGold Coast2009SEQ
Newry IslandsMackay1938Great Barrier ReefCMC
Ngalba Bulal*Cook, Douglas1989Wet TropicsCYP, EIU, WET
Ngaynggarr*Cook2016CYP
Nicoll ScrubGold Coast1986SEQ
NoosaNoosa, Sunshine Coast1939SEQ
Northumberland IslandsIsaac, Mackay1937Great Barrier ReefCMC
Nour NourNorth Burnett2007SEQ
Nuga NugaCentral Highlands1991BBS
OakviewGympie2009SEQ
Olkola*Cook, Carpentaria2014CYP
Orpheus IslandHinchinbrook1960Great Barrier ReefWET
Oyala Thumotang*Cook1977CYP
Palmerston RocksCassowary Coast1977WET
Palmgrove^Central Highlands1991BBS
Paluma RangeTownsville, Charters Towers, Hinchinbrook1952Wet TropicsBBN, EIU, WET
Peak RangeIsaac, Central Highlands1983BBN
Percy IslesIsaac1938Great Barrier ReefCMC
PidnaToowoomba2006SEQ
PinnaclesTownsville2011BBN, EIU
Pioneer PeaksMackay1980CMC
PipeclayGympie1974SEQ
Piper Islands*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
PoonaFraser Coast1991SEQ
Porcupine GorgeFlinders1970EIU
Possession IslandTorres1977CYP
PrecipiceBanana1989BBS
PumicestoneSunshine Coast, Moreton Bay2010SEQ
Raine Island^Cook1985Great Barrier Reef
RavensbourneToowoomba, Somerset1922SEQ
Reliance CreekMackay1980CMC
Repulse IslandWhitsunday1994Great Barrier ReefCMC
Rinyirru (Lakefield)*Cook1979CYP
Rundle RangeGladstone1990BBN
RungullaEtheridge2015EIU, GUP
Russell RiverCairns1969Wet TropicsWET
SandbanksCook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
SarabahScenic Rim1973SEQ
Smith IslandsMackay1936Great Barrier ReefCMC
Snake RangeCentral Highlands1972BBN
South Cumberland IslandsMackay1938Great Barrier ReefCMC
Southern Moreton Bay IslandsGold Coast1998SEQ
SouthwoodWestern Downs1970BBS
SpringbrookGold Coast1937Gondwana RainforestsSEQ
Squirrel Creek National ParkSomerset2024SEQ
St Helena IslandBrisbane1979SEQ
Staaten RiverMareeba, Carpentaria1977GUP
SundownSouthern Downs1977NAN, NET
Swain ReefsIsaac, Livingstone, Mackay1995Great Barrier Reef
TamborineScenic Rim, Gold Coast1908SEQ
TarongSouth Burnett1995SEQ
Taunton^Central Highlands1994BBN, BBS
Teerk Roo RaRedland2007SEQ
TewantinNoosa2010SEQ
The Lakes National ParkFlinders2024
The PalmsToowoomba1950SEQ
Three Islands GroupCook1939Great Barrier ReefCYP
ThrushtonBalonne, Maranoa1990MUL
Topaz RoadTablelands1977WET
TregoleMurweh1995BBS, MUL
TriuniaSunshine Coast1994SEQ
TuchekoiNoosa2009SEQ
Tully FallsTablelands, Cassowary Coast2006Wet TropicsWET
Tully GorgeCassowary Coast, Tablelands1963Wet TropicsWET
Turtle GroupCook1939Great Barrier ReefCYP
Undara VolcanicEtheridge, Mareeba1989EIU
Venman BushlandRedland1994SEQ
WarroGladstone2006SEQ
WelfordBarcoo, Longreach1994CHC, MGD, MUL
West HillIsaac1938Great Barrier ReefCMC
White MountainsCharters Towers, Flinders1990DEU, EIU
Whitsunday IslandsWhitsunday1936Great Barrier ReefCMC
WickhamLogan2009SEQ
WietalabaGladstone2014BBS, SEQ
Wild Cattle IslandGladstone1992Great Barrier ReefSEQ
Wiliyan-ngurruMount Isa1988MGD, MII
Wondul RangeGoondiwindi, Toowoomba1992BBS
WongiFraser Coast, South Burnett2006SEQ
WoocooFraser Coast2006SEQ
WoondumGympie, Noosa2009SEQ
WooroonooranCairns, Cassowary Coast, Tablelands1921Wet TropicsWET
WoowoongaNorth Burnett2006SEQ
WoroonSouth Burnett2006SEQ
WrattensGympie, Somerset2009SEQ
Wuthara Island*Cook1990Great Barrier ReefCYP
Wuthathi (Saunders Islands)*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay)*Cook2016CYP
Wuthathi (Sir Charles Hardy Group)*Cook1989Great Barrier ReefCYP
Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands (Denham Group)*Cook1989CYP
YungaburraTablelands1953WET
Yuwi Paree ToolkoonMackay1998Great Barrier ReefCMC

Resources Reserves

  • Abbott Bay
  • Amamoor Forest
  • Bouldercombe Gorge
  • Cooloola (Noosa River)
  • Flat Top Range
  • Heathlands
  • Iron Range (Lockhart River)
  • Jardine River
  • Kennedy Road Gravel
  • Lawn Hill (Arthur Creek)
  • Lawn Hill (Creek)
  • Lawn Hill (Gorge Mouth)
  • Lawn Hill (Gregory River Base)
  • Lawn Hill (Gregory)
  • Lawn Hill (Lilydale)
  • Lawn Hill (Littles Range)
  • Lawn Hill (Stockyard Creek)
  • Lawn Hill (Widdallion)
  • Littleton
  • Moonstone Hill
  • Morgan Park
  • Mount Rosey
  • Munburra
  • Palmer Goldfield
  • Stones Country
  • Sundown
  • Wrattens

Scientific Areas

List of marine protected areas

Marine protected areas within the Queensland jurisdiction consist of fish habitat areas declared under the Fisheries Act 1994 and marine parks declared under the Marine Parks Act 2004.

Fish habitat areas

Fish habitat areas are listed in two lists - 'A' and 'B'.

List 'A'

  • Annan River
  • Baffle Creek
  • Beelbi
  • Bowling Green Bay
  • Broad Sound
  • Burrum
  • Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
  • Cawarral Creek
  • Cleveland Bay
  • Colosseum Inlet
  • Corio Bay
  • Dallachy Creek
  • Deception Bay
  • Edgecumbe Bay
  • Eight Mile Creek
  • Elliott River
  • Escape River
  • Eurimbula
  • Fitzroy River
  • Hay's Inlet
  • Hinchinbrook
  • Hull River
  • Jumpinpin-Broadwater
  • Kauri Creek
  • Kinkuna
  • Kippa-Ring
  • Maaroom
  • Margaret Bay "Wuthathi
  • Maroochy River
  • Meunga Creek
  • Moreton Banks
  • Morning Inlet - Bynoe River
  • Murray River
  • Myora - Amity Banks
  • Nassau River
  • Noosa River
  • Peel Island
  • Pine River Bay
  • Princess Charlotte Bay
  • Pumicestone Channel
  • Repulse
  • Rodds Harbour
  • Sand Bay
  • Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
  • Silver Plains
  • Staaten-Gilbert
  • Starcke River
  • Susan River
  • Temple Bay
  • Tin Can Inlet
  • Trinity Inlet
  • Tully River
  • West Hill
  • Wreck Creek

List 'B'

  • Annan River
  • Barr Creek
  • Bassett Basin
  • Beelbi
  • Bohle River
  • Burdekin
  • Burrum
  • Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
  • Cattle-Palm Creek
  • Colosseum Inlet
  • Coombabah
  • Coomera
  • Currumbin Creek
  • Deception Bay
  • Edgecumbe Bay
  • Fraser Island
  • Half Moon Creek
  • Halifax
  • Kolan River
  • Margaret Bay "Wuthathi"
  • Maroochy River
  • Midge
  • Noosa River
  • Pimpama
  • Pine River Bay
  • Pumicestone Channel
  • Rodds Harbour
  • Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
  • Starcke River
  • Tallebudgera Creek
  • Trinity Inlet
  • West Hill
  • Yorkeys Creek

Marine parks

The Queensland jurisdiction only included the following three marine parks as of 2016; the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is located within the Australian government's jurisdiction.