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The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area is an archipelago of national parks supporting rainforest and a range of other vegetation types. Many of the areas in New South Wales were listed in 1986 as the Australian East Coast Subtropical and Temperate Rainforest Parks World Heritage Site. At the time the Queensland Government refused to have any areas in that State included.
The National Party-led government in Queensland was removed in 1989 and the new Labor Government, led by Wayne Goss, looked more favourably on World Heritage and nature conservation in general.
In 1992, ARCS was commissioned to prepare a new World Heritage nomination including areas along the McPherson Range and Main Range in Queensland, as well as additional areas in New South Wales. The new nomination was successful and the areas were listed in 1994 as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) World Heritage Site (CERRA). The name was later changed to Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
Management
The World Heritage site is jointly managed by the governments of Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. The relevant Ministers are advised by two committees:
Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee
Community Advisory Committee
Management Agencies
Commonwealth
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/gondwana/index.html
New South Wales
Office of Environment and Heritage
Email: gondwana@environment.nsw.gov.au
Postal address: PO Box A290, Sydney South NSW 1232
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/protectedareas/GondwanaWorldHeritageArea.htm
Queensland
Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing
Postal address: PO Box 15187, City East QLD 4002
www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/world-heritage-areas/index.html
Link to Springbrook National Park
www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/springbrook/index.html
The book
“Remnants of Gondwana — A Natural and Social History of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia”. Edited by Roger Kitching, Richard Braithwaite and Janet Cavanaugh. Surrey Beatty and Sons, 2010.
surreybeatty.com.au/Surrey_Beatty_&_Sons/New_Releases_2.html
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