| Australian National Heritage List | |
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| Australian National Heritage List | |
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The Australian National Heritage List or National Heritage List (NHL) 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 (EPBC Act) 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.
The National Heritage List was established in 2003 by an amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[1]
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.[2] [3]
The National Heritage List is a list of places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia.[4] Once on the list, the provisions of the EPBC Act apply.[5] To be included on the list, a nominated place is assessed by the Australian Heritage Council against nine criteria:[6]
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.[6]
, the Australian National Heritage List comprised 120 heritage places as follows:[7]
| Number of places | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||
| 36 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 13 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 32 | ||
| 15 | ||
| Other territories | 3 | |
| (duplicates): | (4) | |
| Total: | 120 |
The Australian National Heritage List comprises these sites:
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| width=8% | Image ! | width=30% | Listed place ! | width=8% | State ! | width=10% | Date listed ! | width=8% | Coordinates ! | width=12% | Notes |
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| 1 | Abbotsford Convent (listing) | Victoria | 31 August 2017 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout (listing) | South Australia | 7 November 2008 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Australian Academy of Science Building (listing) | Australian Capital Territory | 21 November 2005 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Alpine National Park (listing) | Victoria | 7 November 2008 | ||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Avon Wilderness (listing) | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Baw Baw National Park (listing) | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Bimberi Nature Reserve (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Brindabella National Park (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Kosciuszko National Park (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Mount Buffalo National Park (listing) | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Namadgi National Park (listing) | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Scabby Range Nature Reserve (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Snowy River National Park (listing) | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (listing) | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Australian Convict Sites – Brickendon Estate (listing) | Tasmania | 23 June 2007 | World Heritage Site 2010 | |||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Cascades Female Factory and Yard 4 North (listing) | Tasmania | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Coal Mines Historic Site (listing) | Tasmania | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Cockatoo Island (listing) | New South Wales | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Darlington Probation Station (listing) | Tasmania | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Fremantle Prison (listing) | Western Australia | 1 August 2005 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Old Great North Road (listing) | New South Wales | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Hyde Park Barracks (listing) | New South Wales | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (listing) | Norfolk Island | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Old Government House and Government Domain (listing) | New South Wales | 1 August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Port Arthur Historic site (listing) | Tasmania | 3 June 2005 | |||||||||||
| Australian Convict Sites – Woolmers Estate (listing) | Tasmania | 23 November 2007 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Australian Cornish Mining Sites – Burra (listing) | South Australia | 9 May 2017 | ||||||||||
| Australian Cornish Mining Sites – Moonta (listing) | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte) (listing) | South Australia | 21 May 2007 | Inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1994 | |||||||||
| Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh) (listing) | Queensland | World Heritage Site 1994 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade (listing) | Australian Capital Territory | 25 April 2006 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629, Houtman Abrolhos (listing) | Western Australia | 6 April 2006 | -28.4903°N 113.7933°W | |||||||||
| 10 | Bondi Beach (listing) | New South Wales | 25 January 2008 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19 (listing) | Victoria | 7 December 2007 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu) (listing) | New South Wales | 3 June 2005 | ||||||||||
| 13 | City of Broken Hill (listing) | New South Wales | 20 January 2015 | -31.95°N 168°W | |||||||||
| 14 | Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area (listing) | Victoria | 20 July 2004 | ||||||||||
| Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mount Eccles Lake Condah Area (listing) | |||||||||||||
| 15 | The Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place (listing) | Queensland, South Australia | 22 January 2016 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park (listing) | Victoria | 27 January 2005 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Centennial Park (listing) | New South Wales | 3 October 2018 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Cheetup Rock Shelter (listing) | Western Australia | 23 October 2009 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Coranderrk (listing) | Victoria | 7 June 2011 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Cyprus Hellene Club - Australian Hall (listing) | New South Wales | 20 May 2008 | Site of the Aboriginal Day of Mourning in 1938 | |||||||||
| 21 | Dampier Archipelago (listing) | Western Australia | 3 July 2007 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area (listing) | Western Australia | 6 April 2006 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Dinosaur Stampede National Monument (listing) | Queensland | 20 July 2004 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Echuca Wharf (listing) | Victoria | 26 April 2007 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena (listing) | South Australia | 11 January 2007 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Elizabeth Springs (listing) | Queensland | 4 August 2009 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Eureka Stockade Gardens (listing) | Victoria | 8 December 2004 | ||||||||||
| 28 | First Government House Site, Sydney (listing) | New South Wales | 19 August 2005 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Fitzgerald River National Park (listing) | Western Australia | 6 May 2016 | -33.9475°N 119.6153°W | |||||||||
| 30 | Flemington Racecourse (listing) | Victoria | 7 November 2006 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Fraser Island (listing) | Queensland | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1992 | |||||||||
| 32 | Glass House Mountains National Landscape (listing) | Queensland | 3 August 2006 | -26.8475°N 152.9542°W | |||||||||
| 33 | Glenrowan Heritage Precinct (listing) | Victoria | 5 July 2005 | -36.4667°N 160°W | Site of the Siege of Glenrowan and the capture of Ned Kelly | ||||||||
| 34 | Goldfields Water Supply Scheme (listing) | Western Australia | 23 June 2011 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Gondwana Rainforests – Barrington Tops Area (listing) | New South Wales | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1986 | |||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – Focal Peak Group (listing) | NSW, Qld | ||||||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – Hastings-Macleay Group (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – Iluka Nature Reserve (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – Main Range National Park (listing) | NSW, Qld | ||||||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – New England Group (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – Shield Volcano Group (listing) | NSW, Qld | ||||||||||||
| Gondwana Rainforests – Washpool and Gibraltar Range (listing) | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Governors' Domain and Civic Precinct (listing) | New South Wales | 10 February 2021 | -33.8683°N 151.2147°W | |||||||||
| 37 | Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) (listing) | Victoria | 15 December 2006 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Great Barrier Reef (listing) | Queensland | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1981 | |||||||||
| 39 | Greater Blue Mountains Area (listing) | New South Wales | 21 May 2007 | -33.7181°N 150.3106°W | World Heritage Site 2000 | ||||||||
| 40 | Great Ocean Road (listing) | Victoria | 7 April 2011 | -38.7339°N 143.6872°W | |||||||||
| 41 | HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran shipwreck sites (listing) | Western Australia | 14 March 2011 | The two ships lie 22km (14miles) apart. | |||||||||
| 42 | HMVS Cerberus (listing) | Victoria | 14 December 2005 | ||||||||||
| 43 | HMS Sirius (listing) | Norfolk Island | 25 October 2011 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Heard and McDonald Islands (listing) | External territory | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1997 | |||||||||
| 45 | Hermannsburg Historic Precinct (listing) | Northern Territory | 13 April 2006 | -23.943°N 132.7779°W | |||||||||
| 46 | High Court of Australia (former) (listing) | Victoria | 11 July 2007 | ||||||||||
| 47 | High Court – National Gallery precinct (listing) | Australian Capital Territory | 23 November 2007 | ||||||||||
| 48 | ICI Building (listing) | Victoria | 21 September 2005 | -37.809°N 144.9734°W | |||||||||
| 49 | Jordan River Levee (listing) | Tasmania | 23 December 2011 | Archeological site on a tributary of the River Derwent | |||||||||
| 50 | Kamay Botany Bay (listing) | New South Wales | 15 December 2006 | -34.0206°N 151.2247°W | |||||||||
| 51 | Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves (listing) | New South Wales | 15 December 2006 | ||||||||||
| 52 | Kakadu National Park (listing) | Northern Territory | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1981 | |||||||||
| 53 | Kurnell Peninsula Headland (listing) | New South Wales | 20 September 2004 | James Cook's first landing site in Australia in 1770 | |||||||||
| 54 | Koonalda Cave (listing) | South Australia | 15 October 2014 | -31.4°N 182°W | |||||||||
| 55 | Lesueur National Park (listing) | Western Australia | 6 May 2016 | -30.1344°N 115.1006°W | |||||||||
| 56 | Lord Howe Island Group (listing) | New South Wales | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1982 | |||||||||
| 57 | Macquarie Island (listing) | Tasmania | 21 May 2007 | -54.6167°N 158.85°W | World Heritage Site 1997 | ||||||||
| 58 | Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic site (listing) | Australian Antarctic Territory | 27 January 2005 | -67.0083°N 142.6611°W | |||||||||
| 59 | Melbourne Cricket Ground (listing) | Victoria | 26 December 2005 | ||||||||||
| 60 | Melbourne's Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct (listing) | Victoria | 11 February 2018 | -37.8206°N 144.9689°W | "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." | ||||||||
| 61 | Moree Baths and Swimming Pool Complex (listing) | New South Wales | 6 September 2013 | ||||||||||
| 62 | Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry (listing) | Victoria | 25 February 2008 | -37.2105°N 144.8103°W | |||||||||
| 63 | Murtoa No. 1 Grain Shed (listing) | Victoria | 1 October 2014 | -36.6231°N 142.478°W | |||||||||
| 64 | Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site (listing) | New South Wales | 7 June 2008 | -29.7812°N 150.7126°W | |||||||||
| 65 | Newman College (listing) | Victoria | 21 September 2005 | -37.795°N 144.9636°W | |||||||||
| 66 | The Ningaloo Coast (listing) | Western Australia | 6 January 2010 | ||||||||||
| 67 | Ngarrabullgan (listing) | Queensland | 12 May 2011 | ||||||||||
| 68 | North Head, Sydney (listing) | New South Wales | 12 May 2006 | ||||||||||
| 69 | Old Parliament House and Curtilage (listing) | Australian Capital Territory | 20 June 2006 | -35.3021°N 149.1299°W | |||||||||
| 70 | Parkes Observatory (listing) | New South Wales | 10 August 2020 | -32.9978°N 148.2629°W | |||||||||
| 71 | Point Cook Air Base (listing) | Victoria | 29 August 2007 | ||||||||||
| 72 | Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area (listing) | Victoria | 16 June 2006 | ||||||||||
| 73 | Porongurup National Park (listing) | Western Australia | 4 August 2009 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Purnululu National Park (listing) | Western Australia | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 2003 | |||||||||
| 75 | QANTAS hangar, Longreach (listing) | Queensland | 2 May 2009 | ||||||||||
| 76 | Queen Victoria Market (listing) | Victoria | 23 July 2018 | ||||||||||
| 77 | Quinkan Country (listing) | Queensland | 10 November 2018 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area (listing) | Tasmania | 7 October 2005 | ||||||||||
| 79 | Richmond Bridge (listing) | Tasmania | 25 November 2005 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Rippon Lea House and Gardens (listing) | Victoria | 11 August 2006 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (listing) | Victoria | 20 July 2004 | -37.8047°N 144.9712°W | World Heritage Site 2004 | ||||||||
| 82 | Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area (listing) | New South Wales | 15 September 2006 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Shark Bay (listing) | Western Australia | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1991 | |||||||||
| 84 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl (listing) | Victoria | 21 September 2005 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Snowy Mountains Scheme (listing) | New South Wales | 14 October 2016 | ||||||||||
| 86 | South Australia's Parliament House (listing) | South Australia | 26 January 2006 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Stirling Range National Park (listing) | Western Australia | 15 December 2006 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Sydney Harbour Bridge (listing) | New South Wales | 19 March 2007 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Sydney Opera House (listing) | New South Wales | 12 July 2005 | World Heritage Site 2007 | |||||||||
| 90 | Tasmanian Wilderness (listing) | Tasmania | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1982 | |||||||||
| 91 | Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine (listing) | Queensland | 26 January 2006 | Poisoned in 2006 and felled in 2007 | |||||||||
| 92 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (listing) | Northern Territory | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1987 | |||||||||
| 93 | Warrumbungle National Park (listing) | New South Wales | 15 December 2006 | ||||||||||
| 94 | Wave Hill walk-off route (listing) | Northern Territory | 9 August 2007 | ||||||||||
| 95 | Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape (listing) | Tasmania | 8 February 2013 | ||||||||||
| 96 | West Kimberley (listing) | Western Australia | 31 August 2011 | ||||||||||
| 97 | Wet Tropics of Queensland (listing) | Queensland | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1988 | |||||||||
| 98 | Wilgie Mia (listing) | Western Australia | 24 February 2011 | ||||||||||
| 99 | Willandra Lakes Region (listing) | New South Wales | 21 May 2007 | World Heritage Site 1981 Includes Lake Mungo | |||||||||
| 100 | Witjira-Dalhousie Springs (listing) | South Australia | 4 August 2009 | ||||||||||
| 101 | Wurrwurrwuy stone arrangements (listing) | Northern Territory | 7 August 2013 | -12.3311°N 136.9328°W | |||||||||
| 102 | Yea Flora Fossil Site (listing) | Victoria | 11 January 2007 | -37.2208°N 145.4492°W |