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Australia's Greatest Natural Resource
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Welcome to http://www.AustralianNationalParks.com a comprehensive guide to Australia's Greatest Natural Resource is Proudly edited by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com for New Realm Media http://www.newrealm.com.au Tasmania National Parks Ben Lomond National Park, Cradle Mountain, Douglas, Franklin, Mountfield, Western Australia National Parks feature Cape Arid, Cape Leeuwin, Dryandra, Ningaloo, Stirling, Tunnel Creek, Warren. Northern Territory National Parks include Charles Darwin, Elsey, King's Canyon, Litchfield, Mary River. New South Wales National Parks, Blue Mountains National Park, Budawang, Kosciuszko National Park, Royal. South Australia National Parks Belair, Coorong, Lake Eyre, Seal Bay. Australia is the driest continent in the world and is part of a former giant land mass, Gondwana, which connected the southern continents of Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India and South America, and broke up more than 100 million years ago. More than 58 million hectares (ha) of protected areas cover about 7.55 per cent of Australia's continental land area. In addition to the national parks on the mainland, there are others located on Australia's external territories, including Norfolk Island (650 ha), Christmas Island (8952 ha), Pulu Keeling (2602 ha), Heard and McDonald Islands (1 138 260 ha) and the Australian Antarctic Territories (1 153 610 ha). With these areas included, a total of 60.4 million ha (7.85 per cent) of Australia's land area is protected. Queensland National Parks include the Fraser Island National Park, Glass House Mountains National Park, Whitsunday Islands National Park Victoria National Parks indclude Alpine, Ironbark, Lake Eildon, Mitchell River, Mount Richmond, Snowy Mountains Five hundred and sixteen national parks cover 3.42 per cent of the land surface (25.7 million ha) and are registered under federal and State legislation. In addition, more than 2700 designated conservation areas are found all over Australia and cover 3.57 per cent of the land surface. They include fauna and flora reserves, conservation parks, environment parks and Aboriginal areas as well as national parks. These too are protected by federal or State legislation. You are listening to an original composition by Jaider De Oliveira. Guitarist and performer now living in Australia. Check out http://www.Jaider.com
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