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National Heritage assessments

Port Arthur historic site

The assessment process

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act) requires the Australian Heritage Council to provide the Minister with a written assessment for each place on the finalised priority assessment list.

  • More about the finalised priority assessment list

In making its assessment, the council must take into account public comments it receives in accordance with the Act. It may seek and have regard to information or advice from any source, but it must not consider any matter that does not relate to the question whether the place meets any of the National Heritage (or, where relevant, Commonwealth Heritage) criteria.

  • Guidelines for the assessment of places for the National Heritage List

Public comment on proposed listings

Proposed listing - open for comment Comment period
Greater Blue Mountains Area - Additional Values and Areas National Heritage Assessment 16 November 2022
Proposed listings - closed for comment  
Greater Red Lily Lagoon Erre, NT Closed on 15 November 2019
Djirurri Rock Shelter, NT Closed on 15 November 2019
Murray Island Group, QLD Closed on 30 October 2017
St Kilda Road and Environs, VIC Closed on 11 August 2017
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, VIC Closed on 14 July 2017
Quinkan Country, QLD Closed on 23 June 2017
Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW Closed on 28 April 2017
St Kilda Rd and Environs, VIC Closed on 28 April 2017
Governors’ Domain and Civic Precinct, NSW Closed on 24 February 2017
Parramatta Female Factory Precinct, NSW Closed on 26 September 2016
Abbotsford convent Closed on 5 August 2016
Tjoritja/West MacDonnell National Park Closed on 20 June 2016
Chillagoe Karst Region Closed on 2 November 2015
Quinkan Country, and Saltwater Country of the Groote Eylandt Archipelago Closed on 7 March 2014

Completed assessments

The following National Heritage assessments are some of those that have been provided by the Council to the Minister (additional assessments will continue to be added for all National Heritage Listed sites).

  • Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout
  • Australian Alps
  • Bondi Beach
  • Bonegilla
  • Brickendon Estate
  • Cascades Female Factory
  • Coal Mines
  • Cockatoo Island Convict Site
  • Cyprus Helene Club - Australian Hall
  • Dampier Archipelago (including the Burrup Peninsula)
  • Darlington Precinct
  • Echuca Wharf
  • Elizabeth Springs
  • Flemington Racecourse
  • Grampians National Park (Gariwerd)
  • Great North Road
  • Great Ocean Road and its scenic environs
  • Hermannsburg Historic Precinct
  • High Court of Australia (former)
  • HMS Sirius Shipwreck
  • Hyde Park Barracks
  • Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA)
  • Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Long Island, Lion Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves
  • Kurtonitj
  • MCG
  • Moree Baths and Swimming Pool
  • Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry
  • Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site
  • Ningaloo
  • Old Government House and the Government Domain
  • Porongurup National Park
  • QANTAS Hangar
  • Stirling Range National Park
  • Sullivans Cove and Precinct
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge
  • The Tarkine
  • Tyrendarra Indigenous Land (Peters Property)
  • Warrumbungle National Park
  • The Wave Hill Walk-Off Route
  • West Kimberley
  • Witjira-Dalhousie Springs
  • Woolmers Estate
  • Wurrwurrwuy
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