Australian National Heritage List

The Australian National Heritage List is a heritage register, a list of national heritage places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia. The list includes natural, historic and indigenous places. Once on the National Heritage List the provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 apply.^[1]

The Australian National Heritage List, together with the Commonwealth Heritage List, replaced the former Register of the National Estate. Places on the Australian National Heritage List are places of outstanding heritage value for Australia and the Commonwealth Heritage List for heritage places that are owned or controlled by the Commonwealth of Australia.^[2][3]

Criteria for listing

To be included on the list, a nominated place is assessed by the Australian Heritage Council against nine criteria:^[4]

• importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia's natural or cultural history
• possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history
• potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history
• importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Australia's natural or cultural places or environments
• importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group
• importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period
• strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons
• special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia's natural or cultural history
• importance as part of Indigenous tradition.

In addition, the place must pass a "significance threshold"; it must have 'outstanding' heritage value to the nation as a whole. This is determined by comparison to other similar places.^[4]

List

The Australian National Heritage List comprises the following sites:

#	Image	Listed place	State	Date listed	Coordinates	Notes
1		Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout (listing)	South Australia	7 November 2008	34°56′05″S 138°37′00″E / 34.93467°S 138.6167°E
2		Australian Academy of Science Building (listing)	Australian Capital Territory	21 November 2005	35°17′01.2″S 149°07′21.4″E / 35.283667°S 149.122611°E
3		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Alpine National Park (listing)	Victoria	7 November 2008	36°29′59″S 148°03′50″E / 36.49972°S 148.06389°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Avon Wilderness (listing)	Victoria		37°36′45″S 146°50′34″E / 37.61250°S 146.84278°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Baw Baw National Park (listing)	Victoria		37°45′50″S 146°13′23″E / 37.76389°S 146.22306°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Bimberi Nature Reserve (listing)	New South Wales		35°34′54″S 148°45′04″E / 35.58167°S 148.75111°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Brindabella National Park (listing)	New South Wales		35°13′54″S 148°46′44″E / 35.23167°S 148.77889°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Kosciuszko National Park (listing)	New South Wales		36°04′20″S 148°20′55″E / 36.07222°S 148.34861°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Mount Buffalo National Park (listing)	Victoria		36°44′18″S 146°46′30″E / 36.73833°S 146.77500°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Namadgi National Park (listing)	Australian Capital Territory		35°40′00″S 148°57′00″E / 35.66667°S 148.95000°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Scabby Range Nature Reserve (listing)	New South Wales		35°45′55″S 148°52′04″E / 35.76528°S 148.86778°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Snowy River National Park (listing)	Victoria		37°16′30″S 148°33′12″E / 37.27500°S 148.55333°E
		Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (listing)	Australian Capital Territory		35°27′47″S 148°54′38″E / 35.46306°S 148.91056°E
4		Australian Convict Sites – Brickendon Estate (listing)	Tasmania	23 June 2007	41°37′01″S 147°07′39″E / 41.61694°S 147.12750°E	World Heritage Site 2010
		Australian Convict Sites – Cascades Female Factory and Yard 4 North (listing)	Tasmania	1 August 2007^[B]	42°53′37″S 147°17′57″E / 42.89361°S 147.29917°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Coal Mines Historic Site (listing)	Tasmania	1 August 2007	42°59′01″S 147°42′59″E / 42.98361°S 147.71639°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Cockatoo Island (listing)	New South Wales	1 August 2007	33°50′49″S 151°10′16″E / 33.84684°S 151.17115°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Darlington Probation Station (listing)	Tasmania	1 August 2007	42°34′54″S 148°04′12″E / 42.58167°S 148.07000°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Fremantle Prison (listing)	Western Australia	1 August 2005	32°3′18″S 115°45′13″E / 32.05500°S 115.75361°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Old Great North Road (listing)	New South Wales	1 August 2007	33°22′42″S 150°59′40″E / 33.37833°S 150.99444°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Hyde Park Barracks (listing)	New South Wales	1 August 2007	33°52′10″S 151°12′45″E / 33.86944°S 151.21250°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (listing)	Norfolk Island	1 August 2007	29°03′12″S 167°57′31″E / 29.05333°S 167.95861°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Old Government House and Government Domain (listing)	New South Wales	1 August 2007	33°48′35″S 150°59′42″E / 33.80972°S 150.99500°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Port Arthur Historic site (listing)	Tasmania	3 June 2005	43°08′52″S 147°51′05″E / 43.14778°S 147.85139°E
		Australian Convict Sites – Woolmers Estate (listing)	Tasmania	23 November 2007	41°37′01″S 147°07′48″E / 41.61694°S 147.13000°E
5		Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte) (listing)	South Australia	21 May 2007^[A]	36°57′S 140°45′E / 36.950°S 140.750°E	Inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1994
		Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh) (listing)	Queensland		19°04′59″S 138°43′01″E / 19.083°S 138.717°E	World Heritage Site 1994
6		Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade (listing)	Australian Capital Territory	25 April 2006	35°16′49.76″S 149°08′56.56″E / 35.2804889°S 149.1490444°E
7		Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629, Houtman Abrolhos (listing)	Western Australia	6 April 2006	28°29′25″S 113°47′36″E / 28.49028°S 113.79333°E
8		Bondi Beach (listing)	New South Wales	25 January 2008	33°53′28″S 151°16′40″E / 33.8910°S 151.2778°E
9		Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19 (listing)	Victoria	7 December 2007	36°07′52″S 147°00′49″E / 36.1310°S 147.0136°E
10		Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu) (listing)	New South Wales	3 June 2005
11		City of Broken Hill (listing)	New South Wales	20 January 2015	31°57′S 141°27′E / 31.950°S 141.450°E
12		Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area (listing)	Victoria	20 July 2004	38°12′00″S 141°46′00″E / 38.20000°S 141.76667°E
		Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mount Eccles Lake Condah Area (listing)			38°04′00″S 141°55′00″E / 38.06667°S 141.91667°E
13		The Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place (listing)	Queensland, South Australia	22 January 2016
14		Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park (listing)	Victoria	27 January 2005	37°11′29″S 144°12′59″E / 37.19139°S 144.21639°E
15		Cheetup Rock Shelter (listing)	Western Australia	23 October 2009
16		Coranderrk (listing)	Victoria	7 June 2011	37°41′02″S 145°31′19″E / 37.684007°S 145.521938°E
17		Cyprus Hellene Club - Australian Hall (listing)	New South Wales	20 May 2008		Site of the Aboriginal Day of Mourning in 1938
18		Dampier Archipelago (listing)	Western Australia	3 July 2007	20°34′52″S 116°48′29″E / 20.581°S 116.808°E
19		Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area (listing)	Western Australia	6 April 2006
20		Dinosaur Stampede National Monument (listing)	Queensland	20 July 2004	23°00′58″S 142°24′41″E / 23.0161°S 142.4114°E
21		Echuca Wharf (listing)	Victoria	26 April 2007	36°07′12″S 144°44′50″E / 36.1199°S 144.7473°E
22		Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena (listing)	South Australia	11 January 2007	30°48′28″S 138°08′15″E / 30.80778°S 138.13750°E
23		Elizabeth Springs (listing)	Queensland	4 August 2009
24		Eureka Stockade Gardens (listing)	Victoria	8 December 2004
25		First Government House Site, Sydney (listing)	New South Wales	19 August 2005
26		Fitzgerald River National Park (listing)	Western Australia	6 May 2016	33°56′51″S 119°36′55″E / 33.94750°S 119.61528°E
27		Flemington Racecourse (listing)	Victoria	7 November 2006	37°47′25″S 144°54′45″E / 37.79028°S 144.91250°E
28		Fraser Island (listing)	Queensland	21 May 2007^[A]	25°13′S 153°08′E / 25.217°S 153.133°E	World Heritage Site 1992
29		Glass House Mountains National Landscape (listing)	Queensland	3 August 2006	26°50′51″S 152°57′15″E / 26.84750°S 152.95417°E
30		Glenrowan Heritage Precinct (listing)	Victoria	5 July 2005	36°28′S 146°14′E / 36.467°S 146.233°E	Site of the Siege of Glenrowan and the capture of Ned Kelly
31		Goldfields Water Supply Scheme (listing)	Western Australia	23 June 2011
32		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Barrington Tops Area (listing)	New South Wales	21 May 2007^[A]	32°03′10″S 151°29′37″E / 32.05278°S 151.49361°E	World Heritage Site 1986
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Focal Peak Group (listing)	NSW, Qld
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Hastings-Macleay Group (listing)	New South Wales
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Iluka Nature Reserve (listing)	New South Wales
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Main Range National Park (listing)	NSW, Qld		27°48′57″S 152°15′56″E / 27.81583°S 152.26556°E
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – New England Group (listing)	New South Wales
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Shield Volcano Group (listing)	NSW, Qld
		Gondwana Rainforests of Australia – Washpool and Gibraltar Range (listing)	New South Wales
33		Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) (listing)	Victoria	15 December 2006	37°12′28″S 142°23′59″E / 37.20778°S 142.39972°E
34		Great Barrier Reef (listing)	Queensland	21 May 2007^[A]	18°17′10″S 147°42′00″E / 18.28611°S 147.70000°E	World Heritage Site 1981
35		Greater Blue Mountains Area (listing)	New South Wales	21 May 2007^[A]	33°43′05″S 150°18′38″E / 33.71806°S 150.31056°E	World Heritage Site 2000
36		Great Ocean Road (listing)	Victoria	7 April 2011	38°44′02″S 143°41′14″E / 38.73389°S 143.68722°E
37		HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran shipwreck sites (listing)	Western Australia	14 March 2011	26°14′31″S 111°12′48″E / 26.24194°S 111.21333°E	The two ships lie 22 kilometres (14 mi) apart.
38		HMVS Cerberus (listing)	Victoria	14 December 2005	37°58′03″S 145°00′28″E / 37.9675°S 145.0079°E
39		HMS Sirius (listing)	Norfolk Island	25 October 2011	29°2′36.9″S 167°57′18″E / 29.043583°S 167.95500°E
40		Heard and McDonald Islands (listing)	External territory	21 May 2007^[A]	53°06′00″S 73°31′00″E / 53.10000°S 73.51667°E	World Heritage Site 1997
41		Hermannsburg Historic Precinct (listing)	Northern Territory	13 April 2006	23°56′35″S 132°46′40″E / 23.942957°S 132.777915°E
42		High Court of Australia (former) (listing)	Victoria	11 July 2007
43		High Court – National Gallery precinct (listing)	Australian Capital Territory	23 November 2007
44		ICI Building (listing)	Victoria	21 September 2005	37°48′32″S 144°58′24″E / 37.809°S 144.97344°E
45		Jordan River Levee (listing)	Tasmania	23 December 2011		Archeological site on a tributary of the River Derwent
46		Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves (listing)	New South Wales	15 December 2006
47		Kakadu National Park (listing)	Northern Territory	21 May 2007^[A]		World Heritage Site 1981
48		Kurnell Peninsula Headland (listing)	New South Wales	20 September 2004		James Cook's first landing site in Australia in 1770
49		Koonalda Cave (listing)	South Australia	15 October 2014	31°24′S 129°53′E / 31.400°S 129.883°E
50		Lesueur National Park (listing)	Western Australia	6 May 2016	30°08′04″S 115°06′02″E / 30.13444°S 115.10056°E
51		Lord Howe Island Group (listing)	New South Wales	21 May 2007^[A]	31°33′S 159°05′E / 31.550°S 159.083°E	World Heritage Site 1982
52		Macquarie Island (listing)	Tasmania	21 May 2007^[A]	54°37′00″S 158°51′00″E / 54.6167°S 158.85°E	World Heritage Site 1997
53		Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic site (listing)	Australian Antarctic Territory	27 January 2005	67°00′30″S 142°39′40″E / 67.00833°S 142.66111°E
54		Melbourne Cricket Ground (listing)	Victoria	26 December 2005	37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E / 37.82000°S 144.98333°E
55		Moree Baths and Swimming Pool Complex (listing)	New South Wales	6 September 2013	29°28′27″S 149°50′48″E / 29.47417°S 149.84667°E
56		Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry (listing)	Victoria	25 February 2008	37°12′38″S 144°48′37″E / 37.210516°S 144.810297°E
57		Murtoa No. 1 Grain Shed (listing)	Victoria	1 October 2014	36°37′23″S 142°28′41″E / 36.6231°S 142.478°E
58		Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site (listing)	New South Wales	7 June 2008	29°46′52″S 150°42′45″E / 29.781168°S 150.712613°E
59		Newman College (listing)	Victoria	21 September 2005	37°47′42″S 144°57′49″E / 37.79500°S 144.96361°E
60		The Ningaloo Coast (listing)	Western Australia	6 January 2010
61		Ngarrabullgan (listing)	Queensland	12 May 2011
62		North Head, Sydney (listing)	New South Wales	12 May 2006
63		Old Parliament House and Curtilage (listing)	Australian Capital Territory	20 June 2006	35°18′08″S 149°07′48″E / 35.302097°S 149.12992°E
64		Point Cook Air Base (listing)	Victoria	29 August 2007	37°55′54″S 144°45′12″E / 37.93167°S 144.75333°E
65		Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area (listing)	Victoria	16 June 2006
66		Porongurup National Park (listing)	Western Australia	4 August 2009
67		Purnululu National Park (listing)	Western Australia	21 May 2007^[A]		World Heritage Site 2003
68		QANTAS hangar, Longreach (listing)	Queensland	2 May 2009	23°26′11″S 144°16′28″E / 23.436474°S 144.27452°E
69		Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area (listing)	Tasmania	7 October 2005
70		Richmond Bridge (listing)	Tasmania	25 November 2005
71		Rippon Lea House and Gardens (listing)	Victoria	11 August 2006	37°52′45″S 144°59′58″E / 37.8792°S 144.9995°E
72		Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (listing)	Victoria	20 July 2004	37°48′17″S 144°58′16″E / 37.804728°S 144.971225°E	World Heritage Site 2004
73		Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area (listing)	New South Wales	15 September 2006
74		Shark Bay (listing)	Western Australia	21 May 2007^[A]		World Heritage Site 1991
75		Sidney Myer Music Bowl (listing)	Victoria	21 September 2005	37°49′24″S 144°58′28″E / 37.82329°S 144.974454°E
76		South Australia's Parliament House (listing)	South Australia	26 January 2006
77		Stirling Range National Park (listing)	Western Australia	15 December 2006
78		Sydney Harbour Bridge (listing)	New South Wales	19 March 2007	33°51′08″S 151°12′38″E / 33.85222°S 151.21056°E
79		Sydney Opera House (listing)	New South Wales	12 July 2005	33°51′25″S 151°12′55″E / 33.85694°S 151.21528°E	World Heritage Site 2007
80		Tasmanian Wilderness (listing)	Tasmania	21 May 2007^[A]		World Heritage Site 1982
81		Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine (listing)	Queensland	26 January 2006		Poisoned in 2006 and felled in 2007
82		Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (listing)	Northern Territory	21 May 2007^[A]	25°20′42″S 131°02′10″E / 25.34500°S 131.03611°E	World Heritage Site 1987
83		Warrumbungle National Park (listing)	New South Wales	15 December 2006	31°13′54″S 149°01′04″E / 31.23167°S 149.01778°E
84		Wave Hill walk-off route (listing)	Northern Territory	9 August 2007
85		Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape (listing)	Tasmania	8 February 2013
86		West Kimberley (listing)	Western Australia	31 August 2011
87		Wet Tropics of Queensland (listing)	Queensland	21 May 2007^[A]		World Heritage Site 1988
88		Wilgie Mia (listing)	Western Australia	24 February 2011	26°58′S 117°39′E / 26.967°S 117.650°E
89		Willandra Lakes Region (listing)	New South Wales	21 May 2007^[A]	33°39′55″S 143°00′04″E / 33.66528°S 143.00111°E	World Heritage Site 1981 Includes Lake Mungo
90		Witjira-Dalhousie Springs (listing)	South Australia	4 August 2009	26°27′39″S 135°31′23″E / 26.46083°S 135.52306°E
91		Wurrwurrwuy stone arrangements (listing)	Northern Territory	7 August 2013
92		Yea Flora Fossil Site (listing)	Victoria	11 January 2007	37°13′15″S 145°26′57″E / 37.22083°S 145.44917°E

Notes

• ^A One of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.
• ^B Yard 4 North was added on 4 August 2009.

See also

• Commonwealth Heritage List

References

1. "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Section 324A". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
2. "Register of the National Estate". Australian Government. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
3. Environment.gov.au, Retrieved 21 September 2009
4. "National Heritage List criteria". About Australia's heritage. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

External links

Media related to Australian National Heritage List at Wikimedia Commons

• Australian National Heritage List