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Franklin-Gordon
Wild Rivers National Park & World Heritage Area In the summer of 1982-83 the quiet west coast village of Strahan became the focal point for the biggest conservation battle in Australian history. The fight to save the Franklin River from inundation by a proposed hydro-electric development attracted international media attention and increasing condemnation from both within Tasmania and on the Australian mainland. On 1 July 1983 a historic High Court ruling ensured the continued integrity of what is one of the last pristine temperate wilderness regions of the world. Together with the Southwest National Park and the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park the combined region is known as the Tasmanian Wilderness World heritage Area and it satisfies more criteria for selection than any other World Heritage property. It covers 1,383,640 ha. (13,836 sq kilometres / 8,578 sq miles) |
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