Australia
World Heritage Sites
Site | Inscribed | Category | Reviews | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Convict Sites | 2010 | Cultural | 11 | 2.56 |
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites | 1994 | Natural | 6 | 2.82 |
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape | 2019 | Cultural | 2 | 1.9 |
Fraser Island | 1992 | Natural | 7 | 4.13 |
Gondwana Rainforests | 1986 | Natural | 5 | 3.52 |
Great Barrier Reef | 1981 | Natural | 7 | 4.38 |
Greater Blue Mountains | 2000 | Natural | 15 | 3.09 |
Heard and McDonald Islands | 1997 | Natural | 0 | 0 |
Kakadu National Park | 1981 | Mixed | 8 | 4.17 |
Lord Howe Island | 1982 | Natural | 4 | 3.63 |
Macquarie Island | 1997 | Natural | 0 | 4.41 |
Ningaloo Coast | 2011 | Natural | 4 | 3.75 |
Purnululu National Park | 2003 | Natural | 2 | 4.12 |
Royal Exhibition Building | 2004 | Cultural | 13 | 2.18 |
Shark Bay | 1991 | Natural | 2 | 3.87 |
Sydney Opera House | 2007 | Cultural | 8 | 3.31 |
Tasmanian Wilderness | 1982 | Mixed | 6 | 4.14 |
Uluru | 1987 | Mixed | 6 | 4.51 |
Wet Tropics of Queensland | 1988 | Natural | 8 | 3.39 |
Willandra Lakes | 1981 | Mixed | 3 | 3.5 |
Tentative List
Site | Added | Scheduled | Category | Reviews | Rating |
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Flinders Ranges | 2021 | Natural | 0 | 100% | |
Great Sandy World Heritage Area ![]() |
2010 | Natural | 2 | 60% | |
Murujuga Cultural Landscape | 2020 | 2024 | Cultural | 0 | 100% |
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (extension to existing property) ![]() |
2010 | Natural | 0 | N/A | |
Former Tentative Sites
Site | Added | Removed | Reviews |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Cape York Peninsula | 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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