The Environment and Heritage Image Library includes photos of our national parks and cultural heritage, people and the environment, and native plants and animals found in New South Wales.
Register now to get the most out of the Image Library
The library includes an extensive collection of images, of which more than 30,000 are publicly available for anyone to search.
If you would like to order images, you will need to register with the Image Library. Orders assessed as being for appropriate non-commercial purposes will generally be approved and fulfilled with no fees payable for the images. Order approval is at the discretion of the Image Library Administrator.
Image Library help
Image Library home page with help icon (background image is Severs Beach at Beowa National Park).
If you click on the grey Help Centre icon at the bottom of the right-hand side of the Image Library screen, a searchable help pane will display. You can type in your own search term, or select a help topic from the list of suggestions; for example:
- Registration and access
- How to search
- How to order and download
- User Guide.
Getting started
Image Library home page showing search field (background image is moss-covered Antarctic beech, Barrington Tops National Park).
In the first instance, on the Homepage, clicking on the magnifying glass to the right of the Search bar will return previews of all available images, together with a list of search Filter options. You can now refine your search by:
- typing a keyword into the search bar, or
- selecting from one of the search Filters on the left-hand side of the results page,
Search filters for the department’s Image Library
NSW national parks images
The Image Library does not contain images of every national park and nature reserve.
To see if there are any images available for a particular national park, click on ‘National Park’ under the list of Filters on the left-hand side of the results page. You will see a list of all national parks and nature reserves for which there are images available in the Image Library. This is also a useful way to check the spelling of individual national parks.
Click on the your national park of interest to retrieve the associated images.
You can also enter the name of your national park of interest directly into the search bar.
What image format should I select?
It depends on the purpose for which you want to use the image.
If you want an image for a printed publication, the Largest Available file will likely be appropriate.
If you want an image for a PowerPoint presentation, a webpage, or publication mock-up, you can choose a smaller file.