World Heritage in Australia

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  • Cultural
  • Natural
  • Mixed
  • Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedCategoryReviewsRating
Australian Convict Sites 2010 Cultural 12 2.69
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 1994 Natural 6 3.05
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape 2019 Cultural 2 2.03
Fraser Island 1992 Natural 8 4.21
Gondwana Rainforests 1986 Natural 5 3.5
Great Barrier Reef 1981 Natural 8 4.41
Greater Blue Mountains 2000 Natural 15 3.14
Heard and McDonald Islands 1997 Natural 0 0
Kakadu National Park 1981 Mixed 9 4.21
Lord Howe Island 1982 Natural 4 3.92
Macquarie Island 1997 Natural 0 4.58
Ningaloo Coast 2011 Natural 4 3.66
Purnululu National Park 2003 Natural 2 4.12
Royal Exhibition Building 2004 Cultural 13 2.18
Shark Bay 1991 Natural 2 3.84
Sydney Opera House 2007 Cultural 8 3.41
Tasmanian Wilderness 1982 Mixed 6 4.19
Uluru 1987 Mixed 6 4.6
Wet Tropics of Queensland 1988 Natural 8 3.53
Willandra Lakes 1981 Mixed 4 3.47

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledCategoryReviewsRating
Flinders Ranges 2021 2026 Natural 1 100%
Great Sandy World Heritage Area 2010 Natural 2 67%
Murujuga Cultural Landscape 2020 2025 Cultural 1 100%
Parramatta Female Factory and Institutions Precinct 2023 Cultural 1 100%
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (extension to existing property) 2010 Natural 0 100%
Workers’ Assembly Halls (Australia) 2023 Cultural 0 N/A

Country info

Official Name
Australia
Region
Asia and the Pacific
WHC location
WHC member

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