Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens

Protected area in the Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

Booderee National Park
Jervis Bay Territory

IUCN category II (national park)

Booderee National Park

Nearest town or city| Sussex Inlet
Coordinates| 35°09′03″S 150°38′43″E﻿ / ﻿35.15083°S 150.64528°E﻿ / -35.15083; 150.64528
Established| 1992
Area| 63.12 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
Managing authorities| Director of National Parks
Wreck Bay Aboriginal community
Website| Booderee National Park

Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens, formerly Jervis Bay National Park and Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens, are located in the Jervis Bay Territory of Australia. The reserve is composed of two sections:

* the Bherwerre Peninsula, on the southern foreshore of Jervis Bay, Bowen Island and the waters of the south of the bay
* lands bordered by Wreck Bay to the south, St Georges Basin to the north and Sussex Inlet to the west

What is now a national park was declared as a nature reserve in 1971. In 1992, Jervis Bay National Park was declared. The local Aboriginal community was offered two seats on the park's Board of Management and declined as part of a protest over land rights issues.

In 1995, the park was transferred to the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community. At this time, the name of the park was changed to "Booderee". The name, meaning "bay of plenty" or "plenty of fish" in the Dhurga language, was chosen by the local Aboriginal community. It is now co-managed with Parks Australia.

## History

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In 1995, the park was transferred to the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community, when the name was changed to "Booderee". The name, meaning "bay of plenty" or "plenty of fish" in the Dhurga language, was chosen by the local Aboriginal community. It is now co-managed with Parks Australia. In 2010 the park won international award in the Virgin Holidays' Responsible Tourism Awards.[1][2]

The lighthouse was built during the 19th century because of the number of the shipwrecks that happened nearby. Unfortunately, the lighthouse was built in the wrong spot and it came to be regarded as a navigational hazard.[3]

## Description

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The park is managed as an Indigenous Protected Area.[4][5]

The reserve is composed of two sections:

* The Bherwerre Peninsula, located on the southern foreshore of Jervis Bay;
* The lands bordered by Wreck Bay to the south.

There are hundreds of kilometres of walking tracks.[citation needed]

## Park highlights

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Cave Beach

Cave Beach with its unspoiled beaches and abundant flora and fauna, the park, located just three hours from the cities of Sydney and Canberra, is extremely popular with tourists.

The park's sea cliffs are the highest in New South Wales and among the highest anywhere on the east coast of Australia, peaking at Steamers Head which rises to 130 m.[6]

The Cape St George Lighthouse ruin is considered the most significant European heritage site in the park and was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1981.

The beach at Greenpatch is a popular destination, and is said to have the whitest sand in the world.[7] In addition there are abundant surf breaks on the ocean sides of the Park, most notably South Coast Pipe.

Although not accessible to the public, a little penguin rookery exists on Bowen Island.

Murrays beach lies just to the west of the southern headland, facing Bowen Island and is one of the most beautiful in the park.

## Gallery

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* January 2005

* Regrowth after fire, March 2019

* Greenpatch

* Wetland

* Murrays Beach looking east with Bowen Island at centre

## See also

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* Indigenous Protected Areas
* Protected areas managed by the Australian government

## References

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1. ^ "Welcome to Booderee National Park". Australian Government: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
2. ^ "Our history". Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
3. ^ Complete Campsite (20 March 2016). "Booderee National Park".
4. ^ "Caring for country – Indigenous Protected Areas land managers meet at Booderee". Department of the Environment and Energy. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. ^ Farrier, David; Adams, Michael (8 August 2017). "Indigenous -Government Co-Management of Protected Areas: Booderee National Park and the National Framework in Australia". S2CID 130712967. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)
6. ^ Lindenmayer, David; MacGregor, Christopher; Dexter, Nick; Fortescue, Martin (2014). Booderee National Park. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 9781486300426.
7. ^ Gazing onto the world's whitest sand, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 December 2005.

## External links

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* Booderee National Park website

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Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

Villages|

* Jervis Bay Village
* Wreck Bay Village

Places of interest|

* Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens
* Bowen Island
* Cape St George Lighthouse
* Greenpatch Point
* HMAS Creswell
* Jervis Bay
* Jervis Bay Airfield
* Jervis Bay Marine Park
* Jervis Bay National Park
* South Coast Pipe

Others|

* HMS Jervis Bay
* Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant proposal
* Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915
* Jervis Bay tree frog

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Protected areas managed by the Australian Government

Botanical gardens & national parks|

| Botanical gardens|

* Australian National Botanic Gardens

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National parks|

* Booderee
* Christmas Island
* Kakadu
* Norfolk Island
* Pulu Keeling
* Uluru-Kata Tjuta

Australian marine parks|

| South-west Marine Park Network|

* Abrolhos
* Jurien
* Two Rocks
* Perth Canyon
* Geographe
* South-west Corner
* Eastern Recherche
* Twilight
* Bremer
* Great Australian Bight
* Murat
* Western Eyre
* Western Kangaroo Island
* Southern Kangaroo Island

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North-west Marine Park Network|

* Carnarvon Canyon
* Shark Bay
* Gascoyne
* Ningaloo
* Montebello
* Dampier
* Rowley Shoals
* Eighty Mile Beach
* Argo-Rowley Terrace
* Mermaid Reef
* Roebuck
* Kimberley
* Ashmore Reef
* Cartier Island

North Marine Park Network|

* Oceanic Shoals
* Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
* Arafura
* Arnhem
* Wessel
* Limmen
* Gulf of Carpentaria
* West Cape York

Coral Sea Marine Park|

* Coral Sea

Temperate East Marine Park Network|

* Jervis
* Hunter
* Cod Grounds
* Solitary Islands
* Central Eastern
* Gifford
* Lord Howe
* Norfolk

South-east Marine Parks Network|

* Apollo
* Beagle
* Boags
* East Gippsland
* Flinders
* Franklin
* Freycinet
* Huon
* Macquarie Island
* Murray
* Nelson
* South Tasman Rise
* Tasman Fracture
* Zeehan

Commonwealth Marine Reserves|

* Heard Island and McDonald Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Marine parks|

* Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas|

* Amanda Bay
* Ardery Island and Odbert Island
* Clark Peninsula
* Frazier Islands
* Hawker Island
* Marine Plain
* Mawson's Huts
* North-eastern Bailey Peninsula
* Rookery Islands
* Scullin and Murray Monoliths
* Stornes
* Taylor Rookery

Reserves held in trust|

* Calperum Station (reserve)
* Taylorville Station (reserve)

Managing authorities|

* Director of National Parks (Parks Australia)
* Australian Antarctic Division
* Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Related topics|

* Protected areas of Australia
* Biosphere reserves in Australia
* A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia
* Indigenous Protected Area
* National Reserve System
* Ramsar sites in Australia
* World Heritage Sites in Oceania

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

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