| Limpinwood Nature Reserve New South Wales | |
|---|---|
  Limpinwood Nature Reserve | |
| Nearest town or city | Limpinwood |
| Coordinates | 28°17′56″S 153°10′26″E / 28.29889°S 153.17389°E |
| Established | April 1963[1] |
| Area | 26.46 km2 (10.2 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Limpinwood Nature Reserve |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
The Limpinwood Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located on the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve was gazetted in April 1963 with additions made in 1967, over former fauna and crown reserves, and further additions were made in 1988 to make the reserve to its current area of 2,646 hectares (6,540 acres). The reserve is situated north-west of the rural locality of Limpinwood, and north of Tyalgum and defines part of the state border between New South Wales and Queensland.
The reserve is part of the Shield Volcano group of the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[2][3][4] It is also part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in the conservation of several species of threatened birds.[5]
- ^ a b "Limpinwood Nature Reserve: Park management". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Limpinwood Nature Reserve: World Heritage". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Adam, Paul (2 September 1987). New South Wales Rainforests. The Nomination for the World Heritage List. The Service. p. 67. ISBN 0-7305-2075-7.
- ^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". World Heritage List. UNESCO. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
- ^ "Scenic Rim". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.