Australia
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Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (19)
Cultural
- Australian Convict Sites (2010)
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (2004)
- Sydney Opera House (2007)
Natural
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (1994)
- Fraser Island (1992)
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986)
- Great Barrier Reef (1981)
- Greater Blue Mountains Area (2000)
- Heard and McDonald Islands (1997)
- Lord Howe Island Group (1982)
- Macquarie Island (1997)
- Ningaloo Coast (2011)
- Purnululu National Park (2003)
- Shark Bay, Western Australia (1991)
- Wet Tropics of Queensland (1988)
Mixed
- Kakadu National Park (1981)
- Tasmanian Wilderness (1982)
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (1987)
- Willandra Lakes Region (1981)
Properties submitted on the Tentative List (2)
- Great Sandy World Heritage Area (2010)
- The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (extension to existing property) (2010)
Activities
News
- Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley and Australia's Ningaloo Coast inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List Jun 24, 2011
- Damage to Great Barrier Reef assessed; stricter shipping surveillance proposed Apr 26, 2010
- Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report published Sep 7, 2009
- Public Lecture: World Heritage - Urban Areas and Historic Cities (The University of Queensland) Apr 7, 2009
- Australian Government reinforces its Funds-in-Trust for conservation of Angkor and other heritage properties Dec 12, 2008
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Events
- Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop regarding capacity-building for heritage site management Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 17, 2008
- VSMM 2007 Int'l Conference including Virtual Heritage and Virtual Cultures Sep 23, 2007 - Sep 26, 2007
- Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting Mar 16, 2006 - Mar 17, 2006
- UNESCO World Heritage Mentoring Programme for Chinese Experts and World Heritage site managers Nov 22, 2005 - Dec 2, 2005
- World Heritage Fossil Sites Workshop Sep 22, 2000 - Oct 1, 2000
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