Australia
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (20)
Cultural (4)
- Australian Convict Sites (2010)
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (2019)
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (2004)
- Sydney Opera House (2007)
Natural (12)
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (1994)
- Fraser Island (1992)
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986,1994)
- 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 (4)
- Kakadu National Park (1981,1987,1992)
- Tasmanian Wilderness (1982,1989)
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (1987,1994)
- Willandra Lakes Region (1981)
Sites on the Tentative List (3)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
News (30)
- Bushfires in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia Saturday, 23 November 2019
- Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Saturday, 6 July 2019
- Belize starts high-level 5-day visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in effort to bolster expertise in World Heritage Conservation Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Public-private consortium pioneers global leadership in climate adaptation across UNESCO World Heritage sites Monday, 29 October 2018
- World Heritage Centre Statement on the Greater Blue Mountains Area Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Events (12)
- Building Leadership for Climate Adaptation of Coral Reefs 05-Jul-2019-05-Jul-2019
- Third World Heritage Marine Managers Conference 27-Aug-2016-31-Oct-2018
- World Heritage Marine Programme celebrates a decade of conservation success 14-Nov-2014
- International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) 08-Jun-2013-17-Jun-2013
- Symposium on strategic issues for Australian World Heritage 09-Aug-2012-10-Aug-2012
Australia
Ratification of the Convention:
Thursday, 22 August 1974
1976-1983 1983-1989 1995-2001 2007-2011 2017-2021
Source:
Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI)
Australia
UNESCO Country page
Australia
UNESCO Country page
Permanent Delegation of Australia to UNESCO
H. E. Ms Megan Anderson
Ambassador,
Permanent Delegate (designate)
www.france.embassy.gov.au/pari/unesco/html
Australian National Commission for UNESCO
www.dfat.gov.au/intorgs/unesco/
World Heritage
Within UNESCO
- UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/ERI)
- Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
- Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
- Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
- Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
- Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)
- Multimedia Archives (UNESCO/MSS/BKI/ISS)
- UNESCO transparency Portal