Die Ramsar-Gebiete in Australien sind nach der 1971 beschlossenen Ramsar-Konvention besondere Schutzzonen für ein natürliches Feuchtgebiet auf dem Territorium des Landes. Ramsar-Gebiete besitzen gemäß dem Anliegen dieses völkerrechtlichen Vertrags eine hohe Bedeutung und dienen insbesondere dem Erhalt der Lebensräume von Wasser- und Watvögeln. In Australien gibt es insgesamt 66 Ramsar-Gebiete mit einer Gesamtfläche von 8.307.694 Hektar.
Liste Name des Ramsar-GebietsBildRegionKarteLageRamsar-Nr.Fläche [ha]AusweisungsdatumAnmerkungen Apsley Marshes Tasmania 255 880 An der Mündung des Apsley Rivers gelegenes Marschland Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve 200x200px|Ashmore Reef External Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands 1220 58.300 Banrock Station Wetland Complex South Australia 1221 1375 Barmah Forest 200x200px|Barmah Forest South Australia 262 28.515 Becher Point Wetlands 200x200px|Becher Point Beach Western Australia 1048 708 Blue Lake 200x200px|Blue Lake New South Wales 800 338 Bool and Hacks Lagoons 200x200px|Bool Lagoon South Australia 322 3.200 Bowling Green Bay 200x200px|Bowling Green Bay Queensland 632 35.500 Cape Barren Island,east coast lagoons Tasmania 256 4.473 Cobourg Peninsula 200x200px|Cobourg Peninsula Northern Territory 1 220.700 Coongie Lakes 200x200px|Australian Pelicans at McArthur River Mouth South Australia 376 2.178.952 Coral Sea Reserves Coral Sea Islands Territory 1222 1.728.920 Corner Inlet 200x200px|Corner Inlet Victoria 261 67.186 Currawinya Lakes 200x200px|Pelikane am Lake Wyara Queensland 791 151.300 Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands 200x200px|Seaford Wetlands Victoria 1096 261 Eighty Mile Beach 200x200px|Eighty Mile Beach Western Australia 480 125.000 Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Australia’s East Marine Region 1223 187.726 Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps 200x200px|Fivebough Wetlands New South Wales 1224 689 Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River Tasmania 257 3519 Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Western Australia 481 754 Ginini Flats Subalpine Bog Complex Australian Capital Territory 793 350 Gippsland Lakes 200x200px|Gippsland Lakes Victoria 269 60.015 Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site Shire of Glenelg, Victoria 2.344 22.289 Great Sandy Strait 200x200px|Great Sandy Strait Queensland 992 93.160 Gunbower Forest 200x200px|Gunbower Forest Victoria 263 19.931 Gwydir Wetlands Gingham and Lower Gwydir Watercourses 200x200px|Typha domingensis in Gwydir Wetlands New South Wales 993 823 Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes 200x200px|Hattah Lake Victoria 264 955 Hosnie's Spring Christmas Island 512 202 Hunter Estuary Wetlands 200x200px|Hunter River New South Wales 287 3.388 Interlaken Lakeside Reserve Tasmania 259 517 Jocks Lagoon Tasmania 258 19 Kakadu National Park 200x200px|Kakadu National Park Northern Territory 204 1.979.766 Kerang Wetlands 200x200px|Kerang Wetlands Victoria 265 9.784 Lake Albacutya 200x200px|Lake Albacutya Victoria 270 5.731 Lake Gore Western Australia 1.049 4.017 Lake Pinaroo 200x200px|Lake Pinaroo New South Wales 799 719 Lakes Argyle and Kununurra 200x200px|Lake Argyle Western Australia 478 150.000 Lake Warden system Western Australia 485 2.300 Lavinia Nature Reserve 200x200px|Lavinia Nature Reserve, King Island Tasmania 253 7.034 Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve New South Wales 798 257,6 Little Waterhouse Lake Tasmania 260 56 Logan Lagoon Tasmania 252 2.257 Macquarie Marshes 200x200px|Macquarie Marshes New South Wales 337 19.850 Moreton Bay 200x200px|Moreton Bay Queensland 631 113.314 Moulting Lagoon Tasmania 251 4.507 Muir-Byenup System 200x200px|Muir-Byenup System Western Australia 1.050 10.631 Myall Lakes 200x200px|Myall Lakes New South Wales 994 44.612 Narran Lake Nature Reserve New South Wales 995 8.447 NSW Central Murray State Forests New South Wales 1.291 83.992 Ord River Floodplain Western Australia 477 140.766 Paroo River Wetlands 200x200px|Lophochroa leadbeateri in Paroo River Wetlands New South Wales 1.716 138.304 Peel-Yalgorup system 200x200px|Peel-Yalgorup system Western Australia 482 26.530 Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands South Australia 2.136 862 Pittwater-Orielton Lagoon Tasmania 254 3.334 Port Phillip Bay & Bellarine Peninsula 200x200px|Pelikane am Lake Borrie Victoria 266 22.897 Pulu Keeling National Park Cocos (Keeling) Islands 797 2.603 Riverland 200x200px|River Murray Mirrorpool South Australia 377 30.640 Roebuck Bay 200x200px|Roebuck Bay Western Australia 479 55.000 Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area 200x200px|Freshwater Bay Livingston Shire, Queensland 792 202.023 The Coorong, Lake Alexandrina & Albert Wetland 200x200px|Coorong South Australia 321 142.530 The Dales, Christmas Island Christmas Island Territory 1.225 580 Toolibin Lake Western Australia 483 497 Towra Point 200x200px|Towra Point New South Wales 286 604 Vasse-Wonnerup System 200x200px|Vasse-Wonnerup Estuary Western Australia 484 1.109 Western District Lakes Victoria 268 32.898 Western Port 200x200px|Western Port Victoria 267 59.297
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