Australia’s National Heritage List

The National Heritage List is Australia’s list of natural, historic and Indigenous places of outstanding significance to the nation, Select from the list below to find out more about a listed place, Note: for some places, the names given here may vary from the officially listed place names, For the official National Heritage place names and numbers of listed places, see the Australian

Australia’s World Heritage List

World heritage sites that are nominated for World Heritage listing are inscribed on the list only after they have been carefully assessed as representing the best examples of the world’s cultural and natural heritage, Australia currently has 20 properties on the World Heritage List, Select from the list below to find out more about a listed place,

List of World Heritage Sites in Australia

History

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Mauritania, Philippines and Australia apply for better protection for marine World Heritage sites at International Maritime Organisation 21-May-2015, New management plan at Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park puts focus on Outstanding Universal Value 07-Apr-2015, Peer learning between Galapagos Islands and Great Barrier Reef 30-Mar-2015,

World Heritage sites of Australia

Australia’s World Heritage sites under threat, Australia remains unusual in having World Heritage listing enshrined in an act of law – and it has been useful on more than one occasion, In the late ’80s, the Queensland government opposed the nomination of the Wet Tropics as a WHA, because it wanted logging to continue, “This was a very tense period, with the government of Queensland

UNESCO World Heritage Sites In Australia

Date de publication : oct, 25, 2019Temps de Lecture Estimé: 3 mins

Although there are over 3000 convict sites in Australia, only 11 have been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, The 11 convict sites include places in Woolmer Estate, Port Arthur Historic site, Old Great North Road, Old Government House, Hyde Park Barracks, Fremantle prison, Darlington Probation, Cockatoo Island, Coal Mines Historic Sites, and Brickendon Estate, The Australian Convict

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Identification: Types of Heritage

Australia does not have a national system for identification and protection of geological sites, other than through inclusion on the National Heritage List or state heritage registers, Kanawinka, an area with hundreds of volcanic and other geological sites and features, extending across the South Australian and Victorian border in south-eastern Australia, was declared Australia’s first

11 Historic Indigenous Australian Sites and Landmarks

Indigenous people have inhabited the Australian continent for more than 60,000 years, and there are sacred sites and awe-inspiring landmarks found in every corner of the country, Check out 11 incredible Indigenous sites and landmarks you can visit around Australia,

Cultural heritage in Australia — Agreements, Treaties and

In its 2018 report ‘Protection of Australia’s Commemorative Places and Monuments,’ the Australian Heritage Council also highlights Indigenous commemorative places, which ‘may be viewed as places or features of particular significance on a continuum within the broader cultural landscape of land and sea Country’, The report adds that: ‘[T]here are of course other sites which, while

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia

Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbor, This World Heritage Site in Australia is included in the list for its cultural importance, It was inscribed in the year 2010, There are 11 penal sites that compose the Australian Convict Sites and they are Cockatoo Island, Great North Road, Hyde Park Barracks, Old Government House, Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area, Brickendon and Woolmers Estates

Australian Convict Sites

Australian Convict Sites, The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18 th and 19 th centuries, The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Australia to Kingston and Arthur’s Vale on Norfolk Island in the east; and from areas around Sydney in New South Wales in the north, to sites

Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage sites – Tourism Australia

By Lee Atkinson, Australia’s collection of 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites are some of the most extraordinary natural and cultural treasures on the planet – after all, a place has to be truly remarkable to make it onto UNESCO’s list, Our World Heritage wonders range from prehistoric rainforest wilderness and ancient Aboriginal settlements