An Introduction to the Tarkine - Australia's largest wilderness rainforest

The Tarkine is a large wilderness area in the far north-west of Tasmania. It is a special place with large tracts of rainforest, numerous wild rivers, big bare mountains, vast coastal heathlands, and extensive sand dunes and Aboriginal middens fronting Tasmania's wild west coast. This wilderness covers some 450 000 hectares. Most of this wilderness faces threats from logging, mining and grazing.

The Tarkine is bounded roughly by the West Coast, the Arthur River to the north, the Pieman River to the south, and the Murchison Highway to the east. The area takes its name from the Tarkiner people who inhabited the region between 175 and about 30 000 years ago.