Australian National Heritage Register
Here in Australia we have a wonderful range of sites that are called Australian National Heritage listed Sites. This is a selection of places that have been considered to be of exceptional heritage importance to Australia and Australians. The list of sites includes criteria that covers historic, indigenous and natural sites.
The benefit of being on the Australian National Heritage Register is that the sites are safeguarded by the terms of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Here’s a listing of all the sites that are listed on the Australian National Heritage Register, and the states in which they are found. I will be endeavouring over time to write articles about each of these sites for the readers interests.
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Namadgi National Park
Australian Academy of Science Building
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade
High Court – National Gallery precinct
Old Parliament House and Curtilage
New South Wales
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Bimberi Nature Reserve
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Brindabella National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Kosciuszko National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Scabby Range Nature Reserve
Australian Convict Sites – Cockatoo Island
Australian Convict Sites – Hyde Park Barracks
Australian Convict Sites – Old Government House and Government Domain
Australian Convict Sites – Old Great North Road
Bondi Beach
Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu)
Cyprus Hellene Club - Australian Hall
First Government House Site, Sydney
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Barrington Tops Area
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Focal Peak Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Hastings-Macleay Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Iluka Nature Reserve
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Main Range National Park
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – New England Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Shield Volcano Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Washpool and Gibraltar Range
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves
Kurnell Peninsula Headland
Lord Howe Island Group
Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site
North Head, Sydney
Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Warrumbungle National Park
Willandra Lakes Region
Queensland
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)
Dinosaur Stampede National Monument
Elizabeth Springs
Fraser Island
Glass House Mountains National Landscape
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – New England Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Shield Volcano Group
Great Barrier Reef
Ngarrabullgan
QANTAS hangar, Longreach
Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Victoria
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Alpine National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Avon Wilderness
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Baw Baw National Parka
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Mount Buffalo National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Snowy River National Park
Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mount Eccles Lake Condah Area
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
Echuca Wharf
Eureka Stockade Gardens
Flemington Racecourse
Glenrowan Heritage Precinct
Grampians National Park (Gariwerd)
Great Ocean Road
High Court of Australia (former)
HMVS Cerberus
ICI Building
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry
Newman College
Point Cook Air Base
Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area
Rippon Lea House and Gardens
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Yea Flora Fossil Site
Tasmania
Australian Convict Sites - Brickendon Estate
Australian Convict Sites – Cascades Female Factory and Yard 4 North
Australian Convict Sites – Coal Mines Historic Site
Australian Convict Sites – Darlington Probation Station
Australian Convict Sites – Port Arthur Historic site
Australian Convict Sites – Woolmers Estate
Jordan River Levee
Macquarie Island
Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area
Richmond Bridge
Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape
South Australia
Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte)
Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena
South Australia's Parliament House
Witjira-Dalhousie Springs
Western Australia
Australian Convict Sites – Fremantle Prison
Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629, Houtman Abrolhos
Dampier Archipelago
Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran shipwreck sites
Porongurup National Park
Purnululu National Park
Shark Bay
Stirling Range National Park
The Ningaloo Coast
West Kimberley
Wilgie Mia
Northern Territory
Hermannsburg Historic Precinct
Kakadu National Park
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Wave Hill walk-off route
External Terriroties
Heard and McDonald Islands
Australian Convict Sites (Norfolk Island)Kingston & Arthurs Vale Historic Area Norfolk Island : the wreck of HMS Sirius
Australian Antarctic Territory :Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic site
The benefit of being on the Australian National Heritage Register is that the sites are safeguarded by the terms of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Here’s a listing of all the sites that are listed on the Australian National Heritage Register, and the states in which they are found. I will be endeavouring over time to write articles about each of these sites for the readers interests.
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Namadgi National Park
Australian Academy of Science Building
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade
High Court – National Gallery precinct
Old Parliament House and Curtilage
New South Wales
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Bimberi Nature Reserve
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Brindabella National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Kosciuszko National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Scabby Range Nature Reserve
Australian Convict Sites – Cockatoo Island
Australian Convict Sites – Hyde Park Barracks
Australian Convict Sites – Old Government House and Government Domain
Australian Convict Sites – Old Great North Road
Bondi Beach
Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu)
Cyprus Hellene Club - Australian Hall
First Government House Site, Sydney
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Barrington Tops Area
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Focal Peak Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Hastings-Macleay Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Iluka Nature Reserve
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Main Range National Park
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – New England Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Shield Volcano Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Washpool and Gibraltar Range
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves
Kurnell Peninsula Headland
Lord Howe Island Group
Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site
North Head, Sydney
Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Warrumbungle National Park
Willandra Lakes Region
Queensland
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)
Dinosaur Stampede National Monument
Elizabeth Springs
Fraser Island
Glass House Mountains National Landscape
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – New England Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Shield Volcano Group
Great Barrier Reef
Ngarrabullgan
QANTAS hangar, Longreach
Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Victoria
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Alpine National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Avon Wilderness
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Baw Baw National Parka
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Mount Buffalo National Park
Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Snowy River National Park
Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mount Eccles Lake Condah Area
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
Echuca Wharf
Eureka Stockade Gardens
Flemington Racecourse
Glenrowan Heritage Precinct
Grampians National Park (Gariwerd)
Great Ocean Road
High Court of Australia (former)
HMVS Cerberus
ICI Building
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry
Newman College
Point Cook Air Base
Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area
Rippon Lea House and Gardens
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Yea Flora Fossil Site
Tasmania
Australian Convict Sites - Brickendon Estate
Australian Convict Sites – Cascades Female Factory and Yard 4 North
Australian Convict Sites – Coal Mines Historic Site
Australian Convict Sites – Darlington Probation Station
Australian Convict Sites – Port Arthur Historic site
Australian Convict Sites – Woolmers Estate
Jordan River Levee
Macquarie Island
Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area
Richmond Bridge
Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape
South Australia
Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte)
Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena
South Australia's Parliament House
Witjira-Dalhousie Springs
Western Australia
Australian Convict Sites – Fremantle Prison
Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629, Houtman Abrolhos
Dampier Archipelago
Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran shipwreck sites
Porongurup National Park
Purnululu National Park
Shark Bay
Stirling Range National Park
The Ningaloo Coast
West Kimberley
Wilgie Mia
Northern Territory
Hermannsburg Historic Precinct
Kakadu National Park
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Wave Hill walk-off route
External Terriroties
Heard and McDonald Islands
Australian Convict Sites (Norfolk Island)Kingston & Arthurs Vale Historic Area Norfolk Island : the wreck of HMS Sirius
Australian Antarctic Territory :Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic site
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