World Heritage in Australia
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Relevant websites and news articles:
- IUCN study: The future of World Heritage in Australia (15-05-2020)
- Peter Valentine , World Heritage Sites of Australia (2019)
- Robert Osborne (ed.), Australia's World Heritage (1997)
- Peter Lik + M Prokiv, World Heritage Rainforest Australia (1996)
- Colin Hall, Wasteland to World heritage preserving Australia's Heritage (1992)
World Heritage Sites
Site | Inscribed | Type | Reviews | Visitors | Rating |
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Australian Convict Sites | 2010 | Cultural | 13 | 270 | 2.69 |
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites | 1994 | Natural | 7 | 61 | 3.01 |
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape | 2019 | Cultural | 2 | 26 | 2.28 |
Fraser Island | 1992 | Natural | 8 | 135 | 4.19 |
Gondwana Rainforests | 1986 | Natural | 5 | 127 | 3.51 |
Great Barrier Reef | 1981 | Natural | 8 | 310 | 4.43 |
Greater Blue Mountains | 2000 | Natural | 15 | 338 | 3.2 |
Heard and McDonald Islands | 1997 | Natural | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
Kakadu National Park | 1981 | Mixed | 9 | 131 | 4.11 |
Lord Howe Island | 1982 | Natural | 5 | 22 | 3.87 |
Macquarie Island | 1997 | Natural | 0 | 10 | 4.58 |
Ningaloo Coast | 2011 | Natural | 4 | 52 | 3.75 |
Purnululu National Park | 2003 | Natural | 3 | 22 | 4.17 |
Royal Exhibition Building | 2004 | Cultural | 13 | 204 | 2.29 |
Shark Bay | 1991 | Natural | 2 | 58 | 3.91 |
Sydney Opera House | 2007 | Cultural | 8 | 525 | 3.51 |
Tasmanian Wilderness | 1982 | Mixed | 7 | 146 | 4.15 |
Uluru | 1987 | Mixed | 6 | 217 | 4.54 |
Wet Tropics of Queensland | 1988 | Natural | 8 | 201 | 3.59 |
Willandra Lakes | 1981 | Mixed | 4 | 37 | 3.51 |
Tentative List
Site | Added | Scheduled | Type | Reviews | Visitors | Rating |
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Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta | 2024 | Cultural | 0 | 2 | N/A | |
Cultural Landscapes of Cape York Peninsula | 2024 | Mixed | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
Flinders Ranges | 2021 | 2026 | Natural | 1 | 13 | 100% |
Great Sandy World Heritage Area | 2010 | Natural | 2 | 19 | 75% | |
Murujuga Cultural Landscape | 2020 | 2025 | Cultural | 1 | 3 | 100% |
Parramatta Female Factory and Institutions Precinct | 2023 | Cultural | 1 | 4 | 100% | |
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (extension to existing property) | 2010 | Natural | 0 | 26 | 80% | |
Workers’ Assembly Halls (Australia) | 2023 | 2027 | Cultural | 0 | 5 | N/A |
Former Tentative Sites
Site | Added | Removed | Reviews |
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Alps And Eucalypt Forests Of South East Australia: Australian Alps and East Gippsland National Parks | 1991 | 1994 | 0 |
Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Territory) | 1991 | 1994 | 0 |
Eastern Arid Zone (Including Channel Country, Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre) | 1991 | 1994 | 0 |
Nullarbor | 1991 | 1994 | 0 |
The South West Of Western Australia | 1991 | 1994 | 0 |
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Recent Reviews
- Purnululu National Park DannyB Australia - 10-Jun-24 -
- Lord Howe Island DannyB Australia - 05-May-24 -
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites DannyB Australia - 05-May-24 -
- Australian Convict Sites DannyB Australia - 05-May-24 -
- Tasmanian Wilderness Shandos Cleaver Australia - 03-Mar-24 -
- Flinders Ranges (T) Shandos Cleaver Australia - 03-Mar-24 -
- Australian Convict Sites Shandos Cleaver Australia - 03-Mar-24 -
- Parramatta Female Factory (T) Shandos Cleaver Australia - 03-Mar-24 -
- Great Barrier Reef TravelWorldOnline Germany - 05-Jan-24 -
- Fraser Island Carlo Sarion Philippines | New Zealand - 24-Feb-23 -
Country Complete
No one has visited all WHS in this country.