page_title: Parks Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Parks Australia
caption_attribution_description: Captain Cook lookout, Norfolk Island.
context_page_description: Parks Australia is an agency that manages national parks and conservation areas in Australia. The parks are governed by the Director of National Parks, which is a division of the federal government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Parks Australia looks after parks in the federal territories; those in the six states are managed by their own state-government agencies. Parks Australia provides some support to each state in managing their parklands. It also supports indigenous landholders to establish Indigenous Protected Areas.
  Parks Australia manages six national parks and two botanical gardens:
  Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens, Jervis Bay Territory
  Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island
  Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
  Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island
  Pulu Keeling National Park, Cocos Islands
  Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Northern Territory
  Booderee, Kakadu and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa are managed jointly with their traditional owners.
context_section_description: Parks Australia is an agency that manages national parks and conservation areas in Australia. The parks are governed by the Director of National Parks, which is a division of the federal government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Parks Australia looks after parks in the federal territories; those in the six states are managed by their own state-government agencies. Parks Australia provides some support to each state in managing their parklands. It also supports indigenous landholders to establish Indigenous Protected Areas.
  Parks Australia manages six national parks and two botanical gardens:
  Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens, Jervis Bay Territory
  Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island
  Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
  Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island
  Pulu Keeling National Park, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Northern Territory
  Booderee, Kakadu and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa are managed jointly with their traditional owners.
caption: Captain Cook Lookout, in the Norfolk Island National Park.
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