Parks Victoria

For a list of parks and other sites managed by Parks Victoria, see Protected areas of Victoria.

Parks Victoria

Agency overview
Formed	12 December 1996 (1996-12-12)[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Victoria[1]
Headquarters	Level 10, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [1] 37°48′57.4″S 144°57′28.1″E
Motto	Healthy Parks, Healthy People[1]
Employees	968 (June 2017)[1]
Minister responsible	Lily D'Ambrosio[1]
Agency executives	Iterim Chief Executive Officer Graeme Dear
Website	http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/

Parks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia.

Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority, reporting to the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The Parks Victoria Act 2018[2] updates the previous act, Parks Victoria Act 1998. Under the new Act, Parks Victoria is responsible for managing over '...4 million hectares including 3,000 land and marine parks and reserves making up 18 per cent of Victoria's landmass, 75 per cent of Victoria's wetlands and 70 per cent of Victoria's coastline'.[3]

History

Parks Victoria replaced many of the functions and absorbed the staff of the then Department of Natural Resources and Environment (which managed National and State parks) and Melbourne Parks & Waterways,[4] which itself was originally part of the former Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, which mostly managed urban parklands, some of which were formerly MMBW facilities, such as Braeside Park.[5]

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment itself was part of a succession of government departments, originating back to a number of entities including the Forests Commission Victoria, the Crown Lands and Survey Department, National Park Service, Soil Conservation Authority and Fisheries and Wildlife Service.[6]

Notable heritage properties and historic places

• Cape Otway Lightstation
• Gabo Island
• Oriental Claims Historic Area
• Werribee Park
• Wilsons Promontory
• The Twelve Apostles

See also

• Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council
• NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
• Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
• National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia
• Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)
• Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory

References

1. "Parks Victoria Annual Report 2016–17" (PDF). Government of Victoria. 2017. pp. 1, 4, 8, 9, 36 & 38. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. "Parks Victoria Act 2018" (PDF). Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
3. "About Us". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
4. Parks Victoria Act 1998
5. Land Ownership of Braeside Park, https://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/articles/287, accessed January 2020.
6. Gillespie J & Wright J (1993). A Fraternity of Foresters. A history of the Victorian State Foresters Association. Jim Crowe Press. pp. 149 pp. ISBN 978-0646169286.

External links

• Parks Victoria