National Heritage List (Australia)


The Australian National Heritage List or National Heritage List is a heritage register, a list of national heritage places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia, established in 2003. The list includes natural and historic places, including those of cultural significance to Indigenous Australians such as Aboriginal Australian sacred sites. Having been assessed against a set list of criteria, once a place is put on the National Heritage List, the provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 apply.
All places on this list can be found on the online Australian Heritage Database, along with other places on other Australian and world heritage listings.
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History

The National Heritage List was established in 2003 by an amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The National Heritage List, together with the Commonwealth Heritage List, replaced the former Register of the National Estate, which was closed and archived in 2007. Places on the National Heritage List are places of outstanding heritage value for Australia, while the Commonwealth Heritage List are heritage places that are owned or controlled by the Commonwealth of Australia.

Criteria for listing

The National Heritage List is a list of places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia. Once on the list, the provisions of the EPBC Act apply. To be included on the list, a nominated place is assessed by the Australian Heritage Council against nine criteria:
  • 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. Once the Heritage Council has made an assessment, it forwards a recommendation to the Minister for the Environment, who shall make a determination.

Composition

, the Australian National Heritage List comprised 120 heritage places as follows:

List

The Australian National Heritage List comprises these sites:
#ImageListed placeStateDate listedCoordinatesNotes
1Abbotsford Convent
'		Victoria31 August 2017
2'Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout
'		South Australia7 November 2008
3'Australian Academy of Science Building
'		Australian Capital Territory21 November 2005
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Alpine National Park
'		Victoria7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Avon Wilderness
'		Victoria7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Baw Baw National Park
'		Victoria7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Bimberi Nature Reserve
'		New South Wales7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Brindabella National Park
'		New South Wales7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Kosciuszko National Park
'		New South Wales7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Mount Buffalo National Park
'		Victoria7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Namadgi National Park
'		Australian Capital Territory7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Scabby Range Nature Reserve
'		New South Wales7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Snowy River National Park
'		Victoria7 November 2008
4'Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
'		Australian Capital Territory7 November 2008
5'Australian Convict Sites – Brickendon Estate
'		Tasmania23 June 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Cascades Female Factory and Yard 4 North
'		Tasmania1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Coal Mines Historic Site
'		Tasmania1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Cockatoo Island
'		New South Wales1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Darlington Probation Station
'		Tasmania1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Fremantle Prison
'		Western Australia1 August 2005World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Old Great North Road
'		New South Wales1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Hyde Park Barracks
'		New South Wales1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area
'		Norfolk Island1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Old Government House and Government Domain
'		New South Wales1 August 2007World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Port Arthur Historic site
'		Tasmania3 June 2005World Heritage Site 2010
5'Australian Convict Sites – Woolmers Estate
'		Tasmania23 November 2007World Heritage Site 2010
6'Australian Cornish Mining Sites – Burra
'		South Australia9 May 2017
6'Australian Cornish Mining Sites – Moonta
'		South Australia9 May 2017
7'Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte)
'		South Australia21 May 2007Inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1994
7'Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)
'		Queensland21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1994
8'Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade
'		Australian Capital Territory25 April 2006
9'''Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629, Houtman Abrolhos
'		Western Australia6 April 2006
10Bondi Beach
'		New South Wales25 January 2008
11Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19
'		Victoria7 December 2007
12Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu)
'		New South Wales3 June 2005
13City of Broken Hill
'		New South Wales20 January 2015
14Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area
'		Victoria20 July 2004World Heritage Site 2019
14Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mount Eccles Lake Condah Area
'		Victoria20 July 2004World Heritage Site 2019
15The Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place
'		Queensland, South Australia22 January 2016
16Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
'		Victoria27 January 2005
17Centennial Park
'		New South Wales3 October 2018
18Cheetup Rock Shelter
'		Western Australia23 October 2009
19Coranderrk
'		Victoria7 June 2011
20Cyprus Hellene Club - Australian Hall
'		New South Wales20 May 2008Site of the Aboriginal Day of Mourning in 1938
21Dampier Archipelago
'		Western Australia3 July 2007
22Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area
'		Western Australia6 April 2006
23Dinosaur Stampede National Monument
'		Queensland20 July 2004
24Echuca Wharf
'		Victoria26 April 2007
25Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena
'		South Australia11 January 2007
26Elizabeth Springs
'		Queensland4 August 2009
27Eureka Stockade Gardens
'		Victoria8 December 2004
28First Government House Site, Sydney
'		New South Wales19 August 2005
29Fitzgerald River National Park
'		Western Australia6 May 2016
30Flemington Racecourse
'		Victoria7 November 2006
31Fraser Island
'		Queensland21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1992
32Glass House Mountains National Landscape
'		Queensland3 August 2006
33Glenrowan Heritage Precinct
'		Victoria5 July 2005Site of the Siege of Glenrowan and the capture of Ned Kelly
34Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
'		Western Australia23 June 2011
35Gondwana Rainforests – Barrington Tops Area
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – Focal Peak Group
'		NSW, Qld21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – Hastings-Macleay Group
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – Iluka Nature Reserve
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – Main Range National Park
'		NSW, Qld21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – New England Group
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – Shield Volcano Group
'		NSW, Qld21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
35Gondwana Rainforests – Washpool and Gibraltar Range
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1986
36Governors' Domain and Civic Precinct
'		New South Wales10 February 2021
37Grampians National Park
'		Victoria15 December 2006
38Great Barrier Reef
'		Queensland21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1981
39Greater Blue Mountains Area
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 2000
40Great Ocean Road
'		Victoria7 April 2011
41HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran shipwreck sites
'		Western Australia14 March 2011The two ships lie apart.
42HMVS Cerberus
'		Victoria14 December 2005
43HMS Sirius
'		Norfolk Island25 October 2011
44Heard and McDonald Islands
'		External territory21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1997
45Hermannsburg Historic Precinct
'		Northern Territory13 April 2006
46Old High Court Building, Melbourne
'		Victoria11 July 2007
47High Court – National Gallery precinct
'		Australian Capital Territory23 November 2007
48ICI Building
'		Victoria21 September 2005
49Jordan River Levee
'		Tasmania23 December 2011Archeological site on a tributary of the River Derwent
50Kamay Botany Bay
'		New South Wales15 December 2006
51Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves
'		New South Wales15 December 2006
52Kakadu National Park
'		Northern Territory21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1981
53Kurnell Peninsula Headland
'		New South Wales20 September 2004James Cook's first landing site in Australia in 1770
54Koonalda Cave
'		South Australia15 October 2014
55Lesueur National Park
'		Western Australia6 May 2016
56Lord Howe Island Group
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1982
57Macquarie Island
'		Tasmania21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1997
58Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic site
'		Australian Antarctic Territory27 January 2005
59Melbourne Cricket Ground
'		Victoria26 December 2005
60Melbourne's Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct
'		Victoria11 February 2018"The area was previously included in the National Heritage List using the emergency listing provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 on 13 February 2017. The area was reviewed further under these provisions leading to a decision to keep the place with some alterations to its boundary and heritage values."
61Moree Baths and Swimming Pool Complex
'		New South Wales6 September 2013
62Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry
'		Victoria25 February 2008
63Murtoa Stick Shed
'		Victoria1 October 2014
64Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site
'		New South Wales7 June 2008
65Newman College
'		Victoria21 September 2005
66The Ningaloo Coast
'		Western Australia6 January 2010World Heritage Site 2011
67Ngarrabullgan
'		Queensland12 May 2011
68North Head, Sydney
'		New South Wales12 May 2006
69Old Parliament House and Curtilage
'		Australian Capital Territory20 June 2006
70Parkes Observatory
'		New South Wales10 August 2020
71Point Cook Air Base
'		Victoria29 August 2007
72Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area
'		Victoria16 June 2006
73Porongurup National Park
'		Western Australia4 August 2009
74Purnululu National Park
'		Western Australia21 May 2007World Heritage Site 2003
75QANTAS hangar, Longreach
'		Queensland2 May 2009
76Queen Victoria Market
'		Victoria23 July 2018
77Quinkan Country
'		Queensland10 November 2018
78Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area
'		Tasmania7 October 2005
79Richmond Bridge
'		Tasmania25 November 2005
80Rippon Lea House and Gardens
'		Victoria11 August 2006
81Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
'		Victoria20 July 2004World Heritage Site 2004
82Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area
'		New South Wales15 September 2006
83Shark Bay
'		Western Australia21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1991
84Sidney Myer Music Bowl
'		Victoria21 September 2005
85Snowy Mountains Scheme
'		New South Wales14 October 2016
86South Australia's Parliament House
'		South Australia26 January 2006
87Stirling Range National Park
'		Western Australia15 December 2006
88Sydney Harbour Bridge
'		New South Wales19 March 2007
89Sydney Opera House
'		New South Wales12 July 2005World Heritage Site 2007
90Tasmanian Wilderness
'		Tasmania21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1982
91Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine
'		Queensland26 January 2006Poisoned in 2006 and felled in 2007
92Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
'		Northern Territory21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1987
93Warrumbungle National Park
'		New South Wales15 December 2006
94Wave Hill walk-off route
'		Northern Territory9 August 2007
95Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape
'		Tasmania8 February 2013
96West Kimberley
'		Western Australia31 August 2011
97Wet Tropics of Queensland
'		Queensland21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1988
98Wilgie Mia
'		Western Australia24 February 2011
99Willandra Lakes Region
'		New South Wales21 May 2007World Heritage Site 1981
Includes Lake Mungo
100Witjira-Dalhousie Springs
'		South Australia4 August 2009
101Wurrwurrwuy stone arrangements
'		Northern Territory7 August 2013
102Yea Flora Fossil Site
'		Victoria11 January 2007