The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area was expanded to include the Central Plateau Conservation Area.
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Controversy in 1979 over the proposed Lower Gordon hydro-electric power scheme, which would have meant flooding the Franklin River led to the creation of the Franklin-Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park in 1981 (construction of the dam was stopped by a court ruling in 1983).
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