Australia's World Heritage List

World heritage sites that are nominated for World Heritage listing are inscribed on the list only after they have been carefully assessed as representing the best examples of the world's cultural and natural heritage. Australia currently has 20 properties on the World Heritage List.

Select from the list below to find out more about a listed place.

Places Location
Australian Convict Sites - Brickendon Estate TAS
Australian Convict Sites - Cascades Female Factory TAS
Australian Convict Sites - Coal Mines Historic Site TAS
Australian Convict Sites - Cockatoo Island NSW
Australian Convict Sites - Darlington Probation Station TAS
Australian Convict Sites - Fremantle Prison (former) WA
Australian Convict Sites - Hyde Park Barracks NSW
Australian Convict Sites - Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area EXT
Australian Convict Sites - Old Government House and the Government Domain NSW
Australian Convict Sites - Old Great North Road NSW
Australian Convict Sites - Port Arthur Historic Site TAS
Australian Convict Sites - Woolmers Estate TAS
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte) SA
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh) QLD
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape VIC
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Barrington Tops Area NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Focal Peak Group QLD
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Focal Peak Group NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Hastings-Macleay Group NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Iluka Nature Reserve NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Main Range Group QLD
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Main Range Group NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - New England Group NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Shield Volcano Group QLD
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Shield Volcano Group NSW
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Washpool and Gibraltar Range NSW
Great Barrier Reef QLD
Greater Blue Mountains Area NSW
Heard and McDonald Islands EXT
Kakadu National Park NT
K’gari (Fraser Island) QLD
Lord Howe Island Group NSW
Macquarie Island TAS
Purnululu National Park WA
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens VIC
Shark Bay, Western Australia WA
Sydney Opera House NSW
Tasmanian Wilderness TAS
The Ningaloo Coast WA
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park NT
Wet Tropics of Queensland QLD
Willandra Lakes Region NSW