Parks Australia

Parks Australia is responsible for the care and protection of some of the country’s most stunning natural areas and Aboriginal heritage.

Parks Australia is part of the federal environment portfolio. We support the Director of National Parks who has responsibility under federal environment law for six Commonwealth national parks, the Australian National Botanic Gardens and sixty Australian Marine Parks.

Our national parks range from Christmas Island and Pulu Keeling far out in the Indian Ocean to Norfolk Island in the Pacific, Booderee on the NSW south coast and World Heritage-listed Kakadu and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Parks in the Northern Territory.

Our organisation’s purpose is to protect, conserve and enhance the values of Commonwealth parks and gardens for the use and well-being of all Australians.