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Tasmanian Wilderness

In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over 1 million ha, constitute one of the last expanses of temperate rainforest in the world. Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the area for more than 20,000 years.

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The Tasmanian Wilderness area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, including the renowned South West Wilderness. Also, important prehistoric aboriginal sites were discovered here.

The following National Parks and reserves make up the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area:

- Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (on the postcard)

- Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park 

- Hartz Mountains National Park 

- Mole Creek Karst National Park 

- Southwest National Park 

- Walls of Jerusalem National Park 

- Central Plateau Conservation and Protected Areas 

- Devils Gullet State Reserve 

The sites's natural features have been compared to Fiordland, part of Te Wahipounamu(New Zealand) and Los Glaciares (Argentina). 

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/tasmanianwilderness.html