Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia. As at 2020, it contained more than 1,000 protected areas. In August 2023, it was estimated a total of 14.5 million hectares or 8.38% of Queensland's landmass was protected.

List of terrestrial protected areas

Conservation Parks

  • Anderson Street
  • Archer Point
  • Baddow Island
  • Baffle Creek
  • Bakers Creek
  • Baldwin Swamp
  • Bare Hill
  • Barubbra Island
  • Baywulla Creek
  • Beachmere
  • Beelbi Creek
  • Bell Creek
  • Bingera 1
  • Bingera 2
  • Bird Island
  • Blackwater
  • Bloomfield River
  • Bloomsbury
  • Boat Mountain 1
  • Boat Mountain 2
  • Bottle Creek
  • Boyne Island
  • Broadwater
  • Buccan
  • Buckleys Hole
  • Bullock Creek
  • Bullyard
  • Bunya Mountains
  • Bunyaville
  • Burleigh Knoll
  • Byron Creek
  • Cabbage Tree Point
  • Calliope
  • Caloundra
  • Cape Pallarenda
  • Carbrook Wetlands
  • Carello Palm Swamp
  • Carraba
  • Causeway Lake
  • Charon Point
  • Combo 1
  • Combo 2
  • Coolmunda
  • Cooloothin
  • Coombabah Lake
  • Cressbrook
  • Currimundi Lake
  • Currumbin Hill
  • Daisy Hill
  • Dawson River
  • Delicia Road
  • Denmark Hill
  • Djilgarin
  • Duggan
  • Dwyers Scrub
  • Etty Bay Road
  • Eudlo Creek
  • Fraser Island
  • Five Rocks
  • Flagstone Creek
  • Fleays
  • Fleays Wildlife Park
  • Flinders Peak
  • Futter Creek
  • Garden Island
  • Goat Island
  • Goat Island (Noosa River)
  • Granville
  • Great Sandy
  • Gurgeena
  • Hallorans Hill
  • Harry Spring
  • Hays Inlet 1
  • Hays Inlet 2
  • Herberton Range
  • Highworth Bend
  • Horseshoe Bay Lagoon
  • Horseshoe Lagoon
  • Indooroopilly Island
  • Ipswich Pteropus
  • Irongate
  • Jack Smith Scrub
  • Jalum
  • Joseph Banks (Round Hill Head)
  • Jumrum Creek
  • Kamerunga
  • Keatings Lagoon
  • Keppel Sands
  • Keyser Island
  • King Island
  • Kirrama
  • Knapp Creek
  • Kurrimine Beach
  • Lake Broadwater
  • Lake Murphy
  • Lark Quarry
  • Limestone Creek
  • Long Island Bend
  • Malanda Falls
  • Maroochy River
  • Meingan Creek
  • Millstream
  • Moggill
  • Mon Repos
  • Mooloolah (Marie Higgs)
  • Morven
  • Mount Beau Brummell
  • Mount Blarney
  • Mount Cooroy
  • Mount Dumaresq
  • Mount Eerwah
  • Mount Hector
  • Mount Hopeful
  • Mount Kinchant
  • Mount Leura
  • Mount Perry
  • Mount Scoria
  • Mount Whitfield
  • Mouth of Baffle Creek 1
  • Mouth of Baffle Creek 2
  • Mouth of Kolan River
  • Mud Island
  • Myora
  • Neurum Creek
  • Newport
  • North Pointer
  • O'Regan Creek
  • Palm Creek
  • Palmview
  • Pine Ridge ()
  • Plunkett
  • Police Paddock
  • Princhester
  • Reinke Scrub
  • Rosins Lookout
  • Round Island
  • Roundstone
  • Samford Ferny Hills
  • Serpentine Creek
  • Sheep Island
  • Sheep Station Creek
  • Shoalwater Bay
  • Six Mile Creek
  • Skull Knob
  • South Stradbroke Island 1
  • South Stradbroke Island 2
  • Speewah
  • Spicers Gap Road
  • Springwood
  • St Helens Gap
  • Tallebudgera Creek
  • Tinana Creek
  • Tinana Island
  • Tingalpa Creek
  • Tolderodden
  • Tomewin
  • Toohey Forest
  • Tooloombah Creek
  • Toorbul
  • Townsville Town Common
  • Vandyke Creek
  • Vernon
  • Wararba Creek
  • Warrina
  • Weyba Creek
  • White Blow
  • White Rock
  • White Rock (Limited Depth)
  • Wilandspey
  • Woongoolba
  • Zamia Creek

Conservation Reserves

  • Mount Glorious

Feature Protection Areas

  • Big Ironbark
  • Booroobin
  • Goggrell's Tree
  • Jowarra
  • Rosehall
  • Unnamed (20 different areas)
  • Western Creek

National Parks

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|-

!scope=col | Name

!scope=col | Local government area

!scope=col width="80px" | Area

!scope=col | Established

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku)

| Cook

|

| 2006

|

| CYP, WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Apudthama*

| Cook

|

| 1977

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Astrebla Downs

| Diamantina

|

| 1996

|

| CHC, MGD

|

|-

!scope=row | Auburn River

| North Burnett

|

| 1964

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Baga

| Livingstone

|

| 1977

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Ban Ban

| North Burnett, Gympie

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Bania

| North Burnett, Bundaberg

|

| 2008

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Barnard Island Group

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Barron Gorge

| Mareeba, Cairns

|

| 1940

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Basilisk Range

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 2010

|

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Batavia*

| Cook

|

| 2012

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Beeron

| North Burnett

|

| 2009

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Bellthorpe

| Moreton Bay, Somerset

|

| 2010

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Benarkin

| Somerset

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Bendidee

| Goondiwindi

|

| 1979

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Beninbi

| North Burnett

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Bingera

| Bundaberg

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Biniirr*

| Cook

|

| 2016

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Binya

| Paroo

|

| 2009

|

| MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Blackbraes

| Etheridge, Charters Towers, Flinders

|

| 1998

|

| EIU, GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Blackdown Tableland

| Central Highlands

|

| 1980

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Blackwood

| Charters Towers

|

| 1991

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Bladensburg

| Winton

|

| 1984

|

| CHC, MGD

|

|-

!scope=row | Bluff Hill

| Mackay

|

| 2008

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Boodjamulla

| Burke, Mount Isa

|

| 1984

| Australian Fossil Mammal Sites

| GFU, GUP, MGD, MII

|

|-

!scope=row | Bowling Green Bay

| Townsville, Burdekin

|

| 1940

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Brampton Islands

| Mackay

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Bribie Island

| Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast

|

| 1988

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Broad Sound Islands

| Livingstone, Isaac

|

| 1980

| Great Barrier Reef

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Bromley (Ampulin)*

| Cook

|

| 2004

|

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Bromley (Kungkaychi)*

| Cook

|

| 2004

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Brook Islands

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Bulburin

| Gladstone, Bundaberg

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Bulleringa

| Mareeba, Etheridge

|

| 1992

|

| EIU, GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Bunya Mountains

| South Burnett, Western Downs, Toowoomba

|

| 1908

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Burleigh Head

| Gold Coast

|

| 1947

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Burrum Coast

| Bundaberg, Fraser Coast

|

| 1960

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Byfield

| Livingstone

|

| 1989

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Cania Gorge

| North Burnett

|

| 1977

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Cape Hillsborough

| Mackay

|

| 1969

|

| CMC

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Cape Melville*

| Cook

|

| 1973

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Cape Palmerston

| Mackay, Isaac

|

| 1976

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Cape Upstart

| Whitsunday

|

| 1969

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Capricorn Coast

| Livingstone

|

| 1943

|

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Capricornia Cays

| Gladstone

|

| 1960

| Great Barrier Reef

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Capricornia Cays^

| Gladstone

|

| 1937

| Great Barrier Reef

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Carnarvon

| Central Highlands, Maranoa, Murweh

|

| 1932

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Castle Tower

| Gladstone

|

| 1975

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Cherbourg

| South Burnett

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Chesterton Range

| Murweh, Maranoa

|

| 1992

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Chillagoe-Mungana Caves

| Mareeba

|

| 1940

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Claremont Isles

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Clump Mountain

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1978

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Coalstoun Lakes

| North Burnett

|

| 1929

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Conondale

| Sunshine Coast, Somerset, Gympie

|

| 1977

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Conway

| Whitsunday

|

| 1936

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Cordalba

| Bundaberg

|

| 2000

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Crater Lakes

| Tablelands

|

| 1934

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Crows Nest

| Toowoomba

|

| 1967

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Cudmore

| Barcaldine

|

| 1998

|

| DEU

|

|-

!scope=row | Culgoa Floodplain

| Balonne, Paroo

|

| 1994

|

| DRP, MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Currawinya

| Bulloo, Paroo

|

| 1991

|

| MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Curtain Fig

| Tablelands

|

| 2008

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Curtis Island

| Gladstone

|

| 1992

| Great Barrier Reef

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | D'Aguilar

| Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Somerset

|

| 1930

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Daarrba*

| Cook

|

| 1973

|

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Daintree*

| Douglas

|

| 1967

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Dalrymple

| Charters Towers

|

| 1990

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Dan Dan

| Gladstone

|

| 2001

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Danbulla

| Tablelands, Mareeba, Cairns

|

| 2003

| Wet Tropics

| EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Davies Creek

| Mareeba

|

| 1971

|

| EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Dawes

| Gladstone, North Burnett

|

| 2006

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Deepwater

| Gladstone

|

| 1979

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Deer Reserve

| Somerset

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Diamantina

| Diamantina

|

| 1993

|

| CHC, MGD

|

|-

!scope=row | Dinden

| Mareeba, Cairns

|

| 2005

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Dipperu^

| Isaac

|

| 1980

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Djiru

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 2009

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Dryander

| Whitsunday

|

| 1989

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Dularcha

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1921

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Ella Bay

| Cassowary Coast, Cairns

|

| 1978

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Endeavour River

| Cook

|

| 1975

|

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Epping Forest^

| Isaac

|

| 1971

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Erringibba

| Western Downs

|

| 1990

|

| BBS

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Errk Oykangand*

| Carpentaria

|

| 1977

|

| CYP, GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Esk

| Somerset

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Eubenangee Swamp

| Cairns

|

| 1977

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Eudlo Creek

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1918

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Eungella

| Mackay

|

| 1936

|

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Eurimbula

| Gladstone

|

| 1977

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Expedition

| Banana, Maranoa, Central Highlands

|

| 1953

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Fairlies Knob

| Fraser Coast

|

| 1910

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Family Islands

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Ferntree Creek

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1947

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Finucane Island

| Burke, Carpentaria

|

| 2003

|

| GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Fitzroy Island

| Cairns

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Flinders Group*

| Cook

|

| 1939

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Forest Den

| Barcaldine

|

| 1991

|

| DEU

|

|-

!scope=row | Fort Lytton

| Brisbane

|

| 1988

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Forty Mile Scrub

| Mareeba, Tablelands

|

| 1970

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Frankland Group

| Cairns

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Freshwater

| Moreton Bay

|

| 1973

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Gadgarra

| Tablelands

|

| 2010

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Gatton

| Lockyer Valley

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Geham

| Toowoomba

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Gheebulum Kunungai (Moreton Island)

| Brisbane

|

| 1966

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Girramay

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 2007

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Girraween

| Southern Downs

|

| 1930

|

| NET

|

|-

!scope=row | Girringun

| Hinchinbrook, Tablelands, Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers

|

| 1965

| Wet Tropics

| EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Glass House Mountains

| Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay

|

| 1954

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Glastonbury

| Gympie

|

| 2001

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Glenbar

| Fraser Coast, Gympie

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Gloucester Island

| Whitsunday

|

| 1934

| Great Barrier Reef

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Goneaway

| Barcoo

|

| 1995

|

| CHC

|

|-

!scope=row | Goodedulla

| Rockhampton

|

| 1994

|

| BBS

|

|-

! scope="row" | Goodnight Scrub

| Bundaberg, North Burnett

|

| 1998

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Goold Island

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Goomboorian

| Gympie

|

| 37015

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Great Basalt Wall

| Charters Towers

|

| 1987

|

| DEU, EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Great Sandy

| Fraser Coast, Gympie, Noosa

|

| 1971

| K'gari (Fraser Island)

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Green Island

| Cairns

|

| 1937

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Grey Peaks

| Cairns

|

| 1971

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Grongah

| Gympie, Fraser Coast

|

| 2007

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Gulngay

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 2019

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Gympie

| Gympie

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Halifax Bay Wetlands

| Hinchinbrook

|

| 1978

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Hampton

| Toowoomba

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Hann Tableland

| Mareeba

|

| 1989

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Hasties Swamp

| Tablelands

|

| 1980

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Hell Hole Gorge

| Quilpie

|

| 1992

|

| MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Herberton Range

| Tablelands

|

| 2008

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Hinchinbrook Island

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1932

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Holbourne Island

| Whitsunday

|

| 1982

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Homevale

| Isaac

|

| 1995

|

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Hope Islands*

| Cook, Douglas

|

| 1939

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Howick Group*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Hull River

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1994

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Humboldt

| Central Highlands

|

| 2008

|

| BBN, BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Idalia

| Quilpie, Blackall-Tambo, Longreach

|

| 1990

|

| MGD, MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Isla Gorge

| Banana

|

| 1964

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Japoon

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1992

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Junee

| Isaac

|

| 2000

|

| BBN

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan*

| Cook

|

| 1977

|

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Kalkajaka*

| Cook

|

| 1967

|

| CYP, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Kelvin

| Mackay

|

| 2009

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Keppel Bay Islands

| Livingstone, Gladstone

|

| 1940

| Great Barrier Reef

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Keppel Bay Islands^

| Livingstone

|

| 1940

| Great Barrier Reef

| BBN, CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Kinrara

| Tablelands

|

| 2003

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Kirrama

| Tablelands, Cassowary Coast

|

| 2005

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Kondalilla

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1945

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Koombooloomba

| Tablelands, Cassowary Coast

|

| 2010

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Kroombit Tops

| Gladstone, Banana, North Burnett

|

| 1974

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | KULLA (McIlwraith Range)*

| Cook

|

| 2008

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Kuranda

| Mareeba, Cairns

|

| 2005

| Wet Tropics

| EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Kurrimine Beach

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1977

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range)*

| Cook

|

| 1981

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Lake Bindegolly

| Bulloo

|

| 1991

|

| MUL

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Lama Lama*

| Cook

|

| 2008

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Lamington

| Scenic Rim, Gold Coast

|

| 1915

| Gondwana Rainforests

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Lindeman Islands

| Mackay

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Littabella

| Bundaberg, Gladstone

|

| 1980

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Little Mulgrave

| Cairns

|

| 2010

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Littleton

| Etheridge, Croydon

|

| 2015

|

| EIU, GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Lizard Island

| Cook

|

| 1939

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Lochern

| Longreach

|

| 1994

|

| CHC, MGD

|

|-

!scope=row | Lockyer

| Lockyer Valley

|

| 2008

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Ma'alpiku Island*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Maalan

| Tablelands

|

| 2005

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Macalister Range

| Douglas, Cairns

|

| 2010

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Magnetic Island

| Townsville

|

| 1954

| Great Barrier Reef

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Main Range

| Southern Downs, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley

|

| 1909

| Gondwana Rainforests

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Malbon Thompson Range

|Cairns

|

|2024

|

|

|

|-

!scope=row | Maleny

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mapleton

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 2011

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mapleton Falls

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1973

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Maria Creek

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1976

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mariala

| Quilpie

|

| 1992

|

| MUL

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Marpa*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Mazeppa

| Isaac

|

| 1972

|

| BBN

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Melsonby (Gaarraay)*

| Cook

|

| 2006

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Michaelmas and Upolu Cays

| Douglas

|

| 1975

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Millstream Falls

| Tablelands

|

| 1909

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Minerva Hills

| Central Highlands

|

| 1978

|

| BBN

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Mitirinchi Island*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Molle Islands

| Whitsunday

|

| 1980

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Moogerah Peaks

| Scenic Rim

|

| 1948

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mooloolah River

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1960

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Moorrinya

| Flinders

|

| 1993

|

| DEU

|

|-

!scope=row | Moresby Range

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1972

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Mount Abbot^

| Whitsunday

|

| 2010

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Aberdeen

| Whitsunday

|

| 1952

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Archer

| Rockhampton, Livingstone

|

| 1994

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Barney

| Scenic Rim

|

| 1947

| Gondwana Rainforests

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Mount Bauple^

| Fraser Coast

|

| 1977

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Binga

| Toowoomba

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Chinghee

| Scenic Rim

|

| 1994

| Gondwana Rainforests

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Colosseum

| Gladstone

|

| 1994

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Cook

| Cook

|

| 1970

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Coolum

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1990

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Etna Caves

| Livingstone

|

| 1975

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Hypipamee

| Tablelands

|

| 1939

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Lewis

| Mareeba, Douglas

|

| 2009

| Wet Tropics

| EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Mackay

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 2005

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Martin

| Mackay

|

| 1994

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount O'Connell

| Livingstone

|

| 1989

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Ossa

| Mackay

|

| 1994

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Pinbarren

| Noosa

|

| 1929

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Spurgeon

| Mareeba

|

| 2008

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Walsh

| North Burnett, Fraser Coast

|

| 1947

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Mount Windsor

| Cook, Douglas, Mareeba

|

| 2005

| Wet Tropics

| EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mowbray

| Douglas, Mareeba

|

| 1998

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Mudlo

| Gympie

|

| 2007

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Munga-Thirri

| Diamantina

|

| 1967

|

| SSD

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Muundhi (Jack River)*

| Cook

|

| 2005

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Nairana

| Isaac

|

| 2003

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Nangur

| Gympie

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Naree Budjong Djara

| Redland

|

| 1962

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Narkoola

| Balonne

|

| 2010

|

| MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Narrien Range

| Isaac

|

| 1991

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Nerang

| Gold Coast

|

| 2009

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Newry Islands

| Mackay

|

| 1938

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Ngalba Bulal*

| Cook, Douglas

|

| 1989

| Wet Tropics

| CYP, EIU, WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Ngaynggarr*

| Cook

|

| 2016

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Nicoll Scrub

| Gold Coast

|

| 1986

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Noosa

| Noosa, Sunshine Coast

|

| 1939

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Northumberland Islands

| Isaac, Mackay

|

| 1937

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Nour Nour

| North Burnett

|

| 2007

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Nuga Nuga

| Central Highlands

|

| 1991

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Oakview

| Gympie

|

| 2009

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Olkola*

| Cook, Carpentaria

|

| 2014

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Orpheus Island

| Hinchinbrook

|

| 1960

| Great Barrier Reef

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Oyala Thumotang*

| Cook

|

| 1977

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Palmerston Rocks

| Cassowary Coast

|

| 1977

|

| WET

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Palmgrove^

| Central Highlands

|

| 1991

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Paluma Range

| Townsville, Charters Towers, Hinchinbrook

|

| 1952

| Wet Tropics

| BBN, EIU, WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Peak Range

| Isaac, Central Highlands

|

| 1983

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Percy Isles

| Isaac

|

| 1938

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Pidna

| Toowoomba

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Pinnacles

| Townsville

|

| 2011

|

| BBN, EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Pioneer Peaks

| Mackay

|

| 1980

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Pipeclay

| Gympie

|

| 1974

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Piper Islands*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Poona

| Fraser Coast

|

| 1991

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Porcupine Gorge

| Flinders

|

| 1970

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Possession Island

| Torres

|

| 1977

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Precipice

| Banana

|

| 1989

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Pumicestone

| Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay

|

| 2010

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Raine Island^

| Cook

|

| 1985

| Great Barrier Reef

|

|

|-

!scope=row | Ravensbourne

| Toowoomba, Somerset

|

| 1922

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Reliance Creek

| Mackay

|

| 1980

|

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Repulse Island

| Whitsunday

|

| 1994

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Rinyirru (Lakefield)*

| Cook

|

| 1979

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Rundle Range

| Gladstone

|

| 1990

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | Rungulla

| Etheridge

|

| 2015

|

| EIU, GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Russell River

| Cairns

|

| 1969

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Sandbanks

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Sarabah

| Scenic Rim

|

| 1973

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Smith Islands

| Mackay

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Snake Range

| Central Highlands

|

| 1972

|

| BBN

|

|-

!scope=row | South Cumberland Islands

| Mackay

|

| 1938

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Southern Moreton Bay Islands

| Gold Coast

|

| 1998

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Southwood

| Western Downs

|

| 1970

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Springbrook

| Gold Coast

|

| 1937

| Gondwana Rainforests

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row |Squirrel Creek National Park

|Somerset

|

|2024

|

|SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | St Helena Island

| Brisbane

|

| 1979

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Staaten River

| Mareeba, Carpentaria

|

| 1977

|

| GUP

|

|-

!scope=row | Sundown

| Southern Downs

|

| 1977

|

| NAN, NET

|

|-

!scope=row | Swain Reefs

| Isaac, Livingstone, Mackay

|

| 1995

| Great Barrier Reef

|

|

|-

!scope=row | Tamborine

| Scenic Rim, Gold Coast

|

| 1908

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Tarong

| South Burnett

|

| 1995

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#F2D7CE | Taunton^

| Central Highlands

|

| 1994

|

| BBN, BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Teerk Roo Ra

| Redland

|

| 2007

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Tewantin

| Noosa

|

| 2010

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | The Lakes National Park

|Flinders

|

|2024

|

|

|

|-

!scope=row | The Palms

| Toowoomba

|

| 1950

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Three Islands Group

| Cook

|

| 1939

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Thrushton

| Balonne, Maranoa

|

| 1990

|

| MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Topaz Road

| Tablelands

|

| 1977

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Tregole

| Murweh

|

| 1995

|

| BBS, MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | Triunia

| Sunshine Coast

|

| 1994

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Tuchekoi

| Noosa

|

| 2009

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Tully Falls

| Tablelands, Cassowary Coast

|

| 2006

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Tully Gorge

| Cassowary Coast, Tablelands

|

| 1963

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Turtle Group

| Cook

|

| 1939

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Undara Volcanic

| Etheridge, Mareeba

|

| 1989

|

| EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Venman Bushland

| Redland

|

| 1994

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Warro

| Gladstone

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Welford

| Barcoo, Longreach

|

| 1994

|

| CHC, MGD, MUL

|

|-

!scope=row | West Hill

| Isaac

|

| 1938

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | White Mountains

| Charters Towers, Flinders

|

| 1990

|

| DEU, EIU

|

|-

!scope=row | Whitsunday Islands

| Whitsunday

|

| 1936

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|-

!scope=row | Wickham

| Logan

|

| 2009

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Wietalaba

| Gladstone

|

| 2014

|

| BBS, SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Wild Cattle Island

| Gladstone

|

| 1992

| Great Barrier Reef

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Wiliyan-ngurru

| Mount Isa

|

| 1988

|

| MGD, MII

|

|-

!scope=row | Wondul Range

| Goondiwindi, Toowoomba

|

| 1992

|

| BBS

|

|-

!scope=row | Wongi

| Fraser Coast, South Burnett

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Woocoo

| Fraser Coast

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Woondum

| Gympie, Noosa

|

| 2009

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Wooroonooran

| Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Tablelands

|

| 1921

| Wet Tropics

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Woowoonga

| North Burnett

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Woroon

| South Burnett

|

| 2006

|

| SEQ

|

|-

!scope=row | Wrattens

| Gympie, Somerset

|

| 2009

|

| SEQ

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Wuthara Island*

| Cook

|

| 1990

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Wuthathi (Saunders Islands)*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay)*

| Cook

|

| 2016

|

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Wuthathi (Sir Charles Hardy Group)*

| Cook

|

| 1989

| Great Barrier Reef

| CYP

|

|-

|scope=row bgcolor=#EAF2CE | Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands (Denham Group)*

| Cook

|

| 1989

|

| CYP

|

|-

!scope=row | Yungaburra

| Tablelands

|

| 1953

|

| WET

|

|-

!scope=row | Yuwi Paree Toolkoon

| Mackay

|

| 1998

| Great Barrier Reef

| CMC

|

|}

Resources Reserves

  • Abbott Bay
  • Amamoor Forest
  • Bouldercombe Gorge
  • Cooloola (Noosa River)
  • Flat Top Range
  • Heathlands
  • Iron Range (Lockhart River)
  • Jardine River
  • Kennedy Road Gravel
  • Lawn Hill (Arthur Creek)
  • Lawn Hill (Creek)
  • Lawn Hill (Gorge Mouth)
  • Lawn Hill (Gregory River Base)
  • Lawn Hill (Gregory)
  • Lawn Hill (Lilydale)
  • Lawn Hill (Littles Range)
  • Lawn Hill (Stockyard Creek)
  • Lawn Hill (Widdallion)
  • Littleton
  • Moonstone Hill
  • Morgan Park
  • Mount Rosey
  • Munburra
  • Palmer Goldfield
  • Stones Country
  • Sundown
  • Wrattens

Scientific Areas

  • Bald Mountain
  • Helidon Hills
  • Melaleuca
  • Mynea Creek
  • Nerang
  • Northbrook
  • Palgrave
  • Saltwater Creek
  • Stoney Range
  • The Lagoons
  • Unnamed (29 different areas)
  • Wordoon

List of marine protected areas

Marine protected areas within the Queensland jurisdiction consist of fish habitat areas declared under the Fisheries Act 1994 and marine parks declared under the Marine Parks Act 2004.

Fish habitat areas

Fish habitat areas are listed in two lists - 'A' and 'B'.

  • Great Sandy Marine Park