Western Australia (VK6)

Western Australia, abbreviated as WA, is a State occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state with a total land area of 2,529,875 square km (976,790 sq miles). The state has approximately 2.5 million inhabitants. The capital city is Perth.

Western Australia’s conservation lands and waters (including national parks, marine parks, nature reserves and State forests) extend over more than 28 million hectares (an area roughly equal to Victoria and Tasmania combined) and encompass stunning coastlines, expansive coral reefs, sweeping ranges, magnificent gorges and stately forests.

Western Australia fauna emblem

Numbat

Western Australia flora emblem

Kangaroo Paw

State flag of Western Australia.

Western Australia Coat of Arms.

Department of Parks and Wildlife

The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) protects and conserves Western Australia’s natural environment on behalf of the people of Western Australia. The department was established on 1 July 2013, when the former Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) was split into the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Department of Environment Regulation.

The Department provides support to the Conservation and Parks Commission (formerly the Conservation Commission and the Marine Parks Reserve Authority) to carry out its functions.

The DPaW logo design is a stylised representation of a bottlebrush, or Callistemon, a group of native plants including some found only in Western Australia. The orange colour also references the Western Australian Christmas tree, or Nuytsia.

More information on DPaW can be found on their website at.....

https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/

Types of parks in Western Australia.

Not all parks in Western Australia come under the IUCN category system.

Parks in Western Australia include the following.....

National Parks (IUCN Cat II and III)
- "National Parks are areas that have national significance for scenic, cultural or biological values, and can accomodate recreation that is consistent with maintaining these values."
Conservation Parks (IUCN Cat II and III)
- "Conservation Parks have mostly regional or local, rather than national significance."
Nature Reserves (IUCN Cat 1A)
- "Nature reserves have high conservation value because they represent natural exosystems and because they contain or provide habitat for particular species of plants or animals."
Biodiversity Hotspots
Indigenous Protected Areas
Miscellaneous Reserves
Marine Parks
- "Marine Parks are created to protect natural features and aesthetic values while allowing recreational and commercial uses that do not compromise conservation values."
Marine Management Areas
- "Marine management areas provide an integrated management structure over areas that have high conservation value and intensive multiple-use."
Marine Nature Reserves
- "Marine nature reserves are ‘look but don't take' areas created primarily for conservation and scientific research and are designed to protect a particular significant ecosystem or habitat."
Regional Parks (not IUCN categorised)
- "Regional Parks are open spaces identified as having regionally significant value for conservation, landscape and recreation".
State Forests
- "State forest containing indigeneous vegetation is managed for purposes that include recreation and nature conservation, the protection of water catchments, and the production of a sustainable harvest of timber."
Timber Reserves

CAPAD data (as of 2016)

Every two years, the Australian Government collects information on protected areas from state and territory Governments and other protected area managers. This information is published in the Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD).

More information can be found at.....

https://www.environment.gov.au/land/nrs/science/capad

Qualifying parks in Western Australia

All of Western Australia's National Parks qualify for the WWFF program. Also included are 13 x Marine Parks, 34 Conservation Parks, and Walyahmoning which is a Nature Reserve.

List of qualifying WWFF Parks in WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Alexander Morrison National Park, VKFF-0002
Alfred Cove Nature Reserve VKFF-1844
Avon Valley National Park, VKFF-0008
Badgingarra National Park, VKFF-0009
Bakers Junction Nature Reserve VKFF-1872
Barrow Island Marine Park, VKFF-1444
Beekeepers Nature Reserve VKFF-1845
Beelu National Park (formerly Mundaring NP), VKFF-0632
Benger Swamp Nature Reserve VKFF-1869
Blackbutt Conservation Park, VKFF-1412
Blackwood River National Park, VKFF-0633
Boorabbin National Park, VKFF-0045
Boorara- Gardner National Park, VKFF-0634
Boyagarring Conservation Park, VKFF-1413
Boyagin Nature Reserve VKFF-1866
Boyndaminup National Park, VKFF-0635
Bramley National Park, VKFF-0636
Brockman National Park, VKFF-0059
Brooking Gorge Conservation Park, VKFF-1414
Brookton Highway Nature Reserve VKFF-1846
Buller Nature Reserve VKFF-1868
Burra Conservation Park, VKFF-1415
Camel Lake Nature Reserve VKFF-1870
Camp Creek Conservation Park, VKFF-1416
Cane River Conservation Park, VKFF-1417
Capamauro Nature Reserve VKFF-1862
Capel Nature Reserve VKFF-1870
Cape Arid National Park, VKFF-0076
Cape Le Grand National Park, VKFF-0078
Cape Range National Park, VKFF-0081
Chittering Lakes Nature Reserve VKFF-1847
Clackline Nature Reserve VKFF-1848
Coalseam Conservation Park, VKFF-1418
Collier Range National Park, VKFF-0106
Coomallo Nature Reserve VKFF-1849
D'Estrecasteaux National Park, VKFF-0137
Dalgarup National Park, VKFF-0637
Damboring Nature Reserve VKFF-1850
Dardanup Conservation Park, VKFF-1419
Devonian Reef Conservation Park, VKFF-1420
Dirk Hartog National Park, VKFF-1223
Dongara Nature Reserve VKFF-1859
Drovers Cave National Park, VKFF-0146
Drysdale River National Park, VKFF-0148
Easter National Park, VKFF-00638
Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park, VKFF-1445
Ellen Brook Nature Reserve VKFF-1851
Eucla National Park, VKFF-0160
Fitzgerald River National Park, VKFF-0171
Forest Grove National Park, VKFF-0639
Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve VKFF-1852
Francois Peron National Park, VKFF-0182
Frank Hann National Park, VKFF-0183
Geikie Gorge Conservation Park, VKFF-1421
Geikie Gorge National Park, VKFF-0193
Gloucester National Park, VKFF-0201
Goldfields Woodlands Conservation Park, VKFF-1422
Goldfields Woodlands National Park, VKFF-715
Goongarrie National Park VKFF-0209
Gooralong Conservation Park, VKFF-1423
Gooseberry National Park VKFF-0210
Greater Beedelup National Park, VKFF-1224
Greater Dordagup National Park, VKFF-0640
Greater Hawke National Park, VKFF-0641
Greater Kingston National Park, VKFF-0642
Greater Preston National Park, VKFF-0643
Greenmount National Park, VKFF-0218
Gull Rock National Park, VKFF-0644
Hassell National Park, VKFF-0228
Helena National Park, VKFF-0645
Hester Conservation Park, VKFF-1424
Hilliger National Park, VKFF-0646
Jane National Park, VKFF-0647
John Forrest National Park, VKFF-0250
Jurien Bay Marine Park, VKFF-1446
Kalamunda National Park, VKFF-0253
Kalbarri National Park, VKFF-0254
Karinji National Park, VKFF-0257
Karlamilyi National Park (formerly Rudall River), VKFF-0436
Kennedy Range National Park, VKFF-0259
Kerr Conservation Park, VKFF-1425
King Leopold Ranges Conservation Park, VKFF-1426
Kooljerrenup Nature Reserve VKFF-1867
Korijekup Conservation Park, VKFF-1427
Korung National Park (formerly Pickering Brook NP), VKFF-0716
Kwolyinine Nature Reserve VKFF-1865
Lake Muir National Park, VKFF-0648
Lalang-garram/Camden Sound Marine Park, VKFF-1447
Lane Poole Reserve Conservation Park, VKFF-1458
Laterite Conservation Park, VKFF-1428
Lawley River National Park, VKFF-0649
Len Howard Conservation Park, VKFF-1429
Leschenault Peninsula Conservation Park, VKFF-1430
Leschenaultia Conservation Park, VKFF-1431
Leuwin-Naturaliste National Park, VKFF-0283
Lesmurdie Falls National Park, VKFF-0284
Lesueur National Park, VKFF-0285
Lupton Conservation Park, VKFF-1432
Marmion Marine Park, VKFF-1448
Midgergoroo National Park, VKFF-0650
Millstream-Chichester National Park, VKFF-0316
Milyeannup National Park, VKFF-0651
Mirima National Park (also known as Hidden Valley), VKFF-0234
Mitchell River National Park, VKFF-1225
Monadnocks Conseervation Park, VKFF-1459
Montebello Conservation Park, VKFF-1433
Montebello Islands Marine Park, VKFF-1449
Moondyne Nature Reserve VKFF-1853
Moore River National Park, VKFF-0328
Moore River Nature Reserve VKFF-1863
Mount Augustus National Park, VKFF-0337
Mount Frankland National Park, VKFF-0348
Mount Frankland (North) National Park, VKFF-0652
Mount Frankland (South) National Park,VKFF-0653
Mount Lindesay National Park, VKFF-0654
Mount Manning-Helena and Aurora Ranges Conservation Park, VKFF-1434
Mount Roe National Park, VKFF-0655
Muja Conservation Park, VKFF-1435
Murujuga National Park, VKFF-1226
Nambung National Park, VKFF-0378
Neerabup National Park, VKFF-0384
Ngari Capes Marine Park, VKFF-1450
Nilgen Nature Reserve VKFF-1854
Ningaloo Marine Park, VKFF-1451
North Kimberley Marine Park, VKFF-1765
Peak Charles National Park, VKFF-0411
Penguin Island Conservation Park, VKFF-1436
Pinjarrega Nature Reserve VKFF-1861
Porongurup National Park, VKFF-0419
Port Kennedy Nature Reserve VKFF-1864
Prince Regent National Park, VKFF-1227
Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungle), VKFF-0424
Quarram Nature Reserve VKFF-1871
Rapids Conservation Park, VKFF-1437
Rowles Lagoon Conservation Park, VKFF-1438
Rowley Shoals Marine Park, VKFF-1452
Scott National Park, VKFF-0445
Serpentine National Park, VKFF-0446
Shannon National Park, VKFF-0448
Shark Bay Marine Park, VKFF-1453
Shell Beach Conservation Park, VKFF-1439
Shoalwater Islands Marine Park, VKFF-1454
Sir James Mitchell National Park, VKFF-0452
South Eneabba Nature Reserve VKFF-1855
Stirling Range National Park, VKFF-0467
Stockyard Gully National Park VKFF-1843
Stokes National Park, VKFF-0468
Swan Estuary Marine Park, VKFF-1455
Tathra National Park, VKFF-0482
Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve VKFF-1856
Tone-Perup Nature Reserve VKFF-1874
Torndirrup National Park, VKFF-0494
Totadgin Conservation Park, VKFF-1440
Tuart Forrest National Park, VKFF-0498
Tunnel Creek National Park, VKFF-0500
Twyata Nature Reserve VKFF-1860
Wallaroo Rock Conservation Park, VKFF-1441
Walpole-Normalup Inlets Marine Park, VKFF-1456
Walpole-Normalup National Park, VKFF-0514
Walyahmoning Nature Reserve VKFF-0515
Walyunga National Park, VKFF-0516
Wanagarren Nature Reserve VKFF-1857
Wandoo National Park, VKFF-0656
Warren National Park, VKFF-0519
Watheroo National Park, VKFF-0524
Waychinicup National Park, VKFF-0525
Wellington National Park, VKFF-0657
West Cape Howe National Park, VKFF-0530
Westralia Conservation Park, VKFF-1442
Whicher National Park, VKFF-0658
William Bay National Park, VKFF-0538
Wiltshire-Butler National Park, VKFF-0659
Windjana Gorge National Park, VKFF-0540
Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park, VKFF-0543
Yalgorup National Park, VKFF-0552
Yanchep National Park, VKFF-0553
Yarra Yarra Lake Conservation Park, VKFF-1443
Yawuru Birragun Conservation Park, VKFF-1457
Yelverton National Park, VKFF-0660

Extra information.

Beelu National Park VKFF-0632 - this was formerly called Mundaring National Park, which was established in 1995. The name of the park changed to Beelu NP in 2008 as acknowledgement to the traditional owners.
Mirima National Park, VKFF-0234 - the correct name of this park is Mirima National Park. However it is also commonly referred to as the "Hidden Valley".
Greater Beedelup National Park VKFF-1224 - is the unofficial name for the national park created from the incorporation of former areas of state forest into Beedelup National Park
Greater Hawke National Park VKFF-0641- was formerly known as Cleave
Karlamilyi National Park VKFF-0436 - formerly known as Rudall River National Park. Name changed in mid 2008 to acknowledge the traditional owners.
Murujuga National Park VKFF-1226 - this park which was created in January 2013 is freehold land leased back to the State for 99 years and managed as a National Park under the CALM Act.
Nambung National Park, VKFF-0378 - also referred to as the Pinnacles.
Purnulu National Park, VKFF-0424 - also referred to as Bungle Bungle.
Walyahmoning Reserve, VKFF-0515 - this is a Nature Reserve and not a National Park.