Numinbah Nature Reserve

Numinbah Nature Reserve
New South Wales
Antarctic Beech at Numinbah Nature Reserve
Numinbah Nature Reserve is located in New South Wales
Numinbah Nature Reserve
Numinbah Nature Reserve
Nearest town or citySpringbrook, Queensland
Coordinates28°15′S 153°16′E / 28.250°S 153.267°E / -28.250; 153.267
EstablishedDecember 1981 (1981-12)[1]
Area8.58 km2 (3.3 sq mi)[1]
Managing authoritiesNSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteNuminbah Nature Reserve
See alsoProtected areas of
New South Wales

Numinbah Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve was gazetted in December 1981 with a further addition made in 1989 to make the reserve to its current area of 858 hectares (2,120 acres). The reserve is situated north-east of the rural locality of Numinbah, and south of the Queensland town of Springbrook and defines part of the state border between New South Wales and Queensland.

The reserve is part of the Mount Warning/Tweed caldera, situated in the Border Ranges; and 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]

  1. ^ a b "Numinbah Nature Reserve: Park management". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Numinbah Nature Reserve: World Heritage". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ^ Adam, Paul. "New South Wales Rainforests". The Nomination for the World Heritage List. p. 67. ISBN 0-7305-2075-7.
  4. ^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". World Heritage List. UNESCO. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Scenic Rim". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.