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The Garngi Rangers are based at Minjilang on Croker Island, which is a site of national conservation significance. They manage approximately 110,000 hectares of land and sea country. 

The Ganalanga-Mindibirrina Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) was dedicated in 2015 and covers all of the Waanyi Garawa Aboriginal Land Trust — over one million hectares in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.

Dedicated in 2009, the Djelk Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) covers more than 670,000 hectares of land and sea country. It stretches from the central Arnhem Land plateau to the Arafura Sea. The IPA includes biologically diverse landscapes and is rich in cultural heritage.

The truwana Rangers were formed in 2015 to undertake land and sea management work on Cape Barren Island. 

Big Dog Island is located to the south of Flinders Island. It was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2009.

Big Dog Island continues to be an important mutton-birding island for Aboriginal people.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Rangers manage the island by:

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Rangers work across eight Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs). These IPAs span approximately 11,150 hectares on the mainland of Tasmania and the Furneaux Group of islands in the Bass Strait.

The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service Aboriginal Trainee Rangers:  

Lying on either side of Hobart, Risdon Cove and putalina (Oyster Cove) are important cultural and spiritual sites for the local Tasmanian Aboriginal community. Covering 120 hectares, they were dedicated as Indigenous Protected Areas in 1999. 

Preminghana was dedicated an Indigenous Protected Area in 1999. It borders Tasmania and the Southern Ocean, and covers 524 hectares of land in the north-west. Preminghana protects historic Aboriginal engraving sites and the endangered Preminghana daisy. 

To the west of Flinders Island, Mount Chappell Island was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2000. The 327 hectare island also has important links to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. 

Managed by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Rangers, work continues to:  

To the south of Cape Barren Island is lungatalanana (Clarke Island) - at 8,159 hectares it is the third largest of the Furneaux islands. The island has strong links to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2009. 

Badger Island is located to the west of Flinders Island. Its surrounding resources previously supported a community of Tasmanian Aboriginal people but is no longer inhabited. The 1,244-hectare island was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2000.

Babel Island is located to the east of Flinders Island. It is Australia’s largest mutton bird rookery and an important cultural resource for Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
The 441 hectare island was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2009.

The Thuwathu-Bujimulla Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) spans across the Wellesley Islands. It is located off the coast of north Queensland in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.

Angkum Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland’s tropical north. The IPA covers 9,180 hectares of steep rainforested slopes, which give way to coastal lagoons and beaches. It was dedicated in January 2013.