UNESCO World Heritage for Australia |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 19 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Australia to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).
1981 - Kakadu National Park | Mixed site | ||
1981 - Willandra Lakes Region | Mixed site | ||
1981 - Great Barrier Reef | Natural site | ||
1982 - Lord Howe Island Group | Natural site | ||
1982 - Tasmanian Wilderness | Mixed site | ||
1986 - Gondwana Rainforests of Australia | Natural site | ||
1987 - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | Mixed site | ||
1988 - Wet Tropics of Queensland | Natural site | ||
1991 - Shark Bay, Western Australia | Natural site | ||
1992 - Fraser Island | Natural site | ||
1994 - Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) | Natural site | ||
1997 - Heard and McDonald Islands | Natural site | ||
1997 - Macquarie Island | Natural site | ||
2000 - Greater Blue Mountains Area | Natural site | ||
2003 - Purnululu National Park | Natural site | ||
2004 - Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens | Cultural site | ||
2007 - Sydney Opera House | Cultural site | ||
2010 - Australian Convict Sites | Cultural site | ||
2011 - Ningaloo Coast | Natural site |