Australian Ramsar Wetlands
Internationally important wetlands
Australia currently has 65 Ramsar wetlands that cover around 7.5 million hectares. Ramsar wetlands are those that are representative, rare or unique wetlands, or are important for conserving biological diversity. These are included on the List of Wetlands of International Importance developed under the Ramsar convention.
Australia's wetlands of international importance include:
- Apsley Marshes
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
- Banrock Station Wetland Complex
- Barmah Forest
- Becher Point Wetlands
- Blue Lake
- Bool and Hacks Lagoon
- Bowling Green Bay
- Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land & Wildlife Sanctuary
- Coongie Lakes
- Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert
- Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
- Corner Inlet
- Currawinya Lakes (Currawinya National Park)
- East Coast Cape Barren Island Lagoons
- Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
- Eighty-mile Beach
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve
- Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps
- Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River
- Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes
- Ginini Flats Wetland Complex
- Gippsland Lakes
- Great Sandy Strait
- Gunbower Forest
- Gwydir Wetlands
- Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes
- Hosnie's Springs (Christmas Island)
- Hunter Estuary Wetlands
- Interlaken
- Jocks Lagoon
- Kakadu National Park (Stage I) including wetlands components of Stage III
- Kakadu National Park (Stage II)
- Kerang Wetlands
- Lake Albacutya
- Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
- Lake Gore
- Lake Pinaroo (Fort Grey Basin)
- Lake Toolibin
- Lake Warden System
- Lavinia
- Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve
- Little Waterhouse Lake
- Logan Lagoon
- Moreton Bay
- Moulting Lagoon
- Muir-Byenup System
- Myall Lakes
- Narran Lake Nature Reserve
- NSW Central Murray State Forests
- Ord River Floodplain
- Paroo River Wetlands
- Peel-Yalgorup System
- Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon
- Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula
- Pulu Keeling National Park (North Keeling Island)
- 'Riverland'
- Roebuck Bay
- Shoalwater and Corio Bays
- The Dales, Christmas Island
- The Macquarie Marshes
- Towra Point Nature Reserve
- Vasse-Wonnerup System
- Western District Lakes
- Western Port
Quick links
Key
Links to another web site
Opens a pop-up window