Australian World Heritage Areas

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World Heritage properties are sites with exceptional natural and/or cultural values. All of the properties on the World Heritage List must meet specific World Heritage Criteria. The following document provides information on these sites, including site information, maps, pictures and legislation details, as well as answering questions such as:

• What is World Heritage?
• How is Property Listed?
• What are the implications of World Heritage Listing?
• What is the Commitment of the Government to World Heritage Areas?
• What Countries and States are Parties to the World Heritage Convention?

Australia's World Heritage Properties

There are currently eleven Australian properties on the World Heritage List. They are the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, the Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales, the Lord Howe Island Group, the Tasmanian Wilderness, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia), the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Shark Bay in Western Australia, Fraser Island and the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/ Naracoorte).

The Great Barrier Reef, the Tasmanian Wilderness, the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Shark Bay meet all four World Heritage criteria for natural heritage, with Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Willandra Lakes and the Tasmanian Wilderness being listed for both natural and cultural criteria. These Australian sites are among the very few properties on the World Heritage List selected for both natural and cultural criteria, or for all natural criteria.

The following map indicates the location of each of Australia's World Heritage properties.

Click on any name and become more informed about Australia's World Heritage sites ....

For further information see:

• Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
  

• UNESCO World Heritage Information

• More information about individual World Heritage Sites (UNESCO World Heritage List)

FURTHER INFORMATION ON AUSTRALIA'S WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES IS AVAILABLE FROM:

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)

Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service
PO Box 2316
MT ISA QLD 4825

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte)

SA Department of Environment and Land Management
Box 134
NARACOORTE SA 5271

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) (NSW section)

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
Northern Region Office
PO Box 97
GRAFTON NSW 2460

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) (Qld section)

Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage
South Coast District Office
PO Box 612
BURLEIGH HEADS QLD 4220

Fraser Island

Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage
Central Coast Region
PO Box 101
MARYBOROUGH QLD 4650

The Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
GPO Box 791
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Lord Howe Island Group

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
PO Box 1967
HURSTVILLE NSW 2220

Shark Bay

Department of Conservation and Land Management
PO Box 104
COMO WA 6152

Tasmanian Wilderness

Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service
GPO Box 44A
HOBART TAS 7001

Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

Kakadu National Park
Australian Nature Conservation Agency
GPO Box 636
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Wet Tropics Management Authority
PO Box 2050
CAIRNS QLD 4002

Willandra Lakes

Department of Land and Water Conservation
PO Box 1840
DUBBO NSW 2830