16. Australia Total number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 20 Natural: 12, Cultural: 4, Mixed: 4 Great Barrier Reef (natural) Kakadu National Park (mixed) Willandra Lakes Region (mixed) Lord Howe Island Group (natural) Tasmanian Wilderness (mixed) Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (natural) Ul...
Shark Bay, Western Australia Fraser Island Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Heard and McDonald Islands Macquarie Island Greater Blue Mountains Area Purnululu National Park Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens Sydney Opera House Australian Convict Sites Ningaloo Coast Budj ...
July 2024:China had two sites inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage list in July 2024. The first is the Beijing Central Axis: A Set of Buildings Representing the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital. The listing consists of ancient imperial palaces and gardens, sacrificial structures, and ceremon...
Top UNESCO World Heritage Sites List Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (Uganda) Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada) Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil) Darién National Park (Panama) Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) Great Barrier Reef (Australia) Iguazú National Park (Argentina) Kenya La...
Australia’s collection of 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites are some of the most extraordinary natural and cultural treasures on the planet – after all, a place has to be truly remarkable to make it onto UNESCO’s list. Our World Heritage wonders range from prehistoric rainforest wilderness and...
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I visited the Ningaloo Reef in 2008 during my trip to Australia. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2011. I visited Wadi Rum in 2009. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2011. The Dresden Elbe Valley was removed from the UNESCO list in 2009 because of the constr...
Shark Bay, Western Australia Fraser Island Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Heard Island and McDonald Islands Macquarie Island Greater Blue Mountains Area Purnululu National Park Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens Sydney Opera House Australian Convict Sites Kiribati Phoeni...
sites located inTasmaniain the south. Around 166,000 men, women, and children were sent to Australia over 80 years between 1787 and 1868, condemned by British justice to transportation to the convict colonies. Each of the sites had a specific purpose, in terms both of punitive imprisonment ...
Note that tentative sites are not included in this list. Have you visited any of the Oceanian UNESCO sites then please leave a comment on this page. Australia Great Barrier Reef Kakadu National Park Willandra Lakes Region Lord Howe Island Group Tasmanian Wilderness Gondwana Rainforests of Australia...