Heritage

World heritage

Tasmanian Wilderness

Bennetts Wallaby in the snow. Photo: Steve Johnson.

The Tasmanian Wilderness is one of the three largest temperate wilderness areas remaining in the Southern Hemisphere. The region is home to some of the deepest and longest caves in Australia. It is renowned for its diversity of flora, and some of the longest lived trees and tallest flowering plants in the world grow in the area. The Tasmanian Wilderness is a stronghold for several animals that are either extinct or threatened on mainland Australia.

The Tasmanian Wilderness was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 (extended 1989).

The Tasmanian Wilderness was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.

Cradle Mountain. Photo: Steve Johnson

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