Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

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The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia are a UNESCO World Heritage–listed network of ancient, subtropical and temperate rainforests that preserve outstanding remnants of the once-widespread Gondwanan forest ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
protected area
rainforest region
alsoKnownAs Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
surface form: Gondwana Rainforests
area about 366,500 hectares
climate humid subtropical
temperate
contains Barrington Tops
surface form: Barrington Tops National Park

Border Ranges National Park
Dorrigo National Park
Lamington National Park
Main Range National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Mount Warning National Park
surface form: Mount Warning (Wollumbin) National Park

New England National Park
Nightcap National Park
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
Springbrook National Park
Washpool National Park
Gibraltar Range National Park
surface form: Washpool and Gibraltar Range World Heritage Area

Werrikimbe National Park
containsSpecies Albert’s lyrebird
Nothofagus moorei (Antarctic beech)
surface form: Antarctic beech (Nothofagus moorei)

Araucaria
surface form: Araucaria species

Hastings River mouse
Lamington spiny crayfish
continent Australia
country Australia
criteria (ix)
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ecosystemType cool temperate rainforest
subtropical rainforest
temperate rainforest
warm temperate rainforest
formerlyKnownAs Gondwana Rainforests of Australia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)
geologicalOrigin Gondwana
surface form: Gondwana supercontinent
governingBody Australian government
surface form: Australian federal government
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscribedFor conservation of threatened species
exceptional biodiversity
outstanding examples of ongoing ecological and biological processes
locatedIn New South Wales
Queensland
managedBy New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
notableFor ancient lineages of plants and animals
high level of endemism
high plant species diversity
remnant Gondwanan flora
partOf Great Dividing Range (part)
surface form: Great Dividing Range
UNESCORegion Asia-Pacific
surface form: Asia and the Pacific
UNESCOSiteType natural
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteExtension 1994
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1986

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Scenic Rim Regional Council area hasFeature Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (within some national parks)
Binna Burra section locatedIn Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Green Mountains section partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Lamington spiny crayfish ecoregion Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Border Track partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Toolona Creek Circuit partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Box Forest Circuit partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Moran Falls track partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Apsley Falls partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Site
Chandler Falls isWithin Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: World Heritage–listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (broader region)
O’Reillys plateau partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
this entity surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia region