Goat Island is of national and state heritage significance for its exceptional ensemble of built, natural and archaeological features that represent three important historical periods within one place: Aboriginal (pre-1830), colonial (1830-1900), and maritime (1901-1993). The island retains its isolation from the city and surrounding foreshore development.
Kalyarr National Park is located on Nari Nari Country approximately 40 kilometres north-west of Hay in western New South Wales. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Nari Nari people manage the park together through the Mawambul Co Management Group.
Butterleaf National Park and Butterleaf State Conservation Area are located 40 kilometres north-east of Glen Innes on the New England Tableland. Butterleaf National Park covers 3003 hectares and was gazetted in 1999, while Butterleaf State Conservation Area covers 712 hectares and was gazetted in 2003.
This plan of management describes how the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will conserve the natural and cultural heritage of the park while providing unique and enriching experiences for visitors to Sydney Harbour. The park is one of the smaller national parks in New South Wales. At just under 400 hectares it sits within a protected areas system totalling around 7 million hectares of land.
Leacock Regional Park is located about 35 kilometres west of the city of Sydney and 4 kilometres south of Liverpool City. It was gazetted as a regional park in 1997 and is 38.5 hectares. The park was originally part of Glenfield Farm which was established in 1810 by Dr Charles Throsby.
The Meeting Place Precinct in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell, is a place of profound cultural and historical significance. It is a symbolic meeting place of cultures, from the first meeting between Captain James Cook and Aboriginal Australians, to later meetings involving people of differing nationalities and the seeds of a successful multicultural nation.
Yarravel and Skillion Nature Reserves are located on the mid north coast of NSW, about 12 to 15 kilometres west of Kempsey. The reserves were formerly state forests.
Coolumbooka Nature Reserve lies to the west of the coastal escarpment on the eastern edge of the Southern Tablelands, approximately seven kilometres east of Bombala, and covers an area of 1,529 hectares.
Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area are located on the north-eastern edge of the Woronora Plateau in the southern part of the Sydney Basin Bioregion. The parks cover approximately 18,912 hectares.
Newington Nature Reserve is gazetted as a Nature Reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act (1974) (NPW Act), and is defined as part of the Parklands of Sydney Olympic Park by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority Act (2001) (SOPA Act). The reserve is managed by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority (the Authority) under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
