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Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef is considered one of the natural wonders of the world. Designated as a World Heritage site, it was recognised as Queensland’s first marine park in 1979.
Reaching more than 2000 kilometres from Bundaberg to western Papua New Guinea, it is the world’s largest coral reef system, consisting of over 2900 individual reefs, 300 coral cays and 600 continental islands.
In 1968, following a submission by the National Parks Association of Queensland, the Queensland Government established a commission to consider establishing a marine national park in the Great Barrier Reef.
Following the commission, the Queensland Government designated 98 per cent of the region as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Approximately 1.6 million tourists now visit the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park each year with a tourism industry worth $1 billion per annum.
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 | Covering letter to Premier Bjelke-Petersen from the Departments of Forestry and Harbours and Marine, presenting two reports from the Marine National Parks Committee, 31 December 1969
Queensland State Archives Item ID 1139509, Digital Image ID 2920 Survey Office |
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1987 Andy Warhol died |
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