Useful Information about the Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world, covering over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometers over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers.The most significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef is climate change.




Another key threat faced by the Great Barrier Reef is pollution and declining water quality.

The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and utilised by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Aboriginal Australians have been living in the area from at least 40,000 years ago, and Torres Strait Islanders since about 10,000 years ago



Fast Fact #9: The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.