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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Other uses| Great Australian Bight (disambiguation){{!}} Great Australian Bight }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth waters)
| state                  = au
| iucn_category          = VI
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| coordinates            = {{coord|33|17|39|S|130|38|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| relief                 = yes
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]]
| area                   = 19769
| area_footnotes         = <ref name=formerGAB/>
| established            = {{start date|1998|4|22|df=y}}
| established_footnotes  = <ref name=formerGAB/>
| abolished = 8 November 2012<ref name=newGAB>{{cite web|title=Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves) Proclamation 2012 - F2012L02188|url=http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012L02188|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Comlaw|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
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| managing_authorities   = [[Department of the Environment (Australia)|Department of the Environment]]
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'''Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)''' is a former [[marine protected area]] located in the [[Great Australian Bight]] immediately south of [[South Australia]] and its [[Territorial waters|immediate onshore waters]].  On 8 November 2012, it was replaced by a new [[protected area]] known as the [[Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve]].<ref name=formerGAB>{{cite web|title=Former Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/marine/marine-reserves/south-west/gab-former|publisher=Department of the Environment (Australia)|accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=newGAB>{{cite web|title=Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves) Proclamation 2012 - F2012L02188|url=http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012L02188|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Comlaw|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Protected areas of Australia]]
* [[Great Australian Bight Marine National Park]]
==References==
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[[Category:Marine parks of Australia]]
[[Category:Former protected areas of the Australian government]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1998]]
[[Category:Protected areas disestablished in 2012]]
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