Parks Victoria

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

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

Parks Victoria
Agency overview
Formed12 December 1996 (1996-12-12)
JurisdictionGovernment of Victoria
HeadquartersLevel 10, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
37°48′57.4″S 144°57′28.1″E
MottoHealthy Parks, Healthy People
Employees968 (June 2017)
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Matthew Jackson, Chief Executive Officer
Websitehttp://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/

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 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'.

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