What is Tasmanian Wilderness?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = Tasmanian Wilderness | Image = CradleMountain.jpg | Caption = [[Cradle Mountain]] and Dove Lake, Central Highlands | Location = [[Tasmania]], Australia | Criteria = Cultural: iii, iv, vi, vii; natural: viii, ix, x | ID = 181 | Year = 1982 | Extension = 1989 | Area = 1,584,233 ha | Coordinates = {{coord|41|35|S|145|25|E}} | locmapin = Australia Tasmania # Australia | map_caption = Location of the Tasmanian Wilderness }} [[File:SpottedQuoll 2005 SeanMcClean.jpg|230px|right|thumb|The Spotted [[Quoll]] is found on Tasmania and on the mainland. It is now Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial and an [[endangered species]].<ref name=Ege/><sup>p70–76</sup><ref name=M/><sup>p48</sup>]] [[File:Bagged thylacine.jpg|thumb|230px|The fate of the [[thylacine]]. 1869]] The '''Tasmanian Wilderness''' is a term that is used for a range of areas in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]]. The [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage Area]]s in South West Tasmania, Western Tasmania and Central Highlands are the most well known. However, there are also other [[wilderness]] areas in Tasmania, [[Tarkine]] and the Cradle mountain wilderness. There is also an organisation known as the [[Tasmanian Wilderness Society]]. The World Heritage Area is one of the largest [[conservation]] areas in Australia, covering 13,800km², or almost 20% of Tasmania. The area constitutes one of the last expanses of [[temperate]] wilderness in the world, including the renowned [[South West Wilderness, Tasmania|South West Wilderness]]. The area became a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] in 1982, and it was extended in 1989. It is important for both its natural value but also its cultural values as well. Remains found in limestone [[caves]] show that humans have lived in the area for well over 20,000 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/181/|access-date=2024-11-14|website=whc.unesco.org}}</ref> The Tasmanian Tiger was the largest [[Dasyuromorphia]]<ref