Australia
in Australia and New Zealand
Oceania
National active POI
Country Quickfacts
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: I)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- ISO 2-Letter code:
- AU
- Internet top level domain:
- .au
- Country phone prefix:
- +61
- Local Time (capital):
- Timezone:
- UTC/GMT offset: hours
Map of Australian Unesco Heritage Sites
Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Australia in Oceania. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Great Barrier Reef. On the list since 1981. The youngest site is Ningaloo Coast. On the list since 2011.
| Name | Since |
|---|---|
| Australian Convict Sites The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are spread across Australia,... |
2010 |
| Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Riversleigh and Naracoorte, situated in the north and south respectively of eastern Australia, are among the world’s 10 greatest fossil sites. They are a superb illustration of the key stages of evo... |
1994 |
| Fraser Island Fraser Island lies just off the east coast of Australia. At 122 km long, it is the largest sand island in the world. Majestic remnants of tall rainforest growing on sand and half the world’s perched... |
1992 |
| Gondwana Rainforests of Australia This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic cr... |
1986 |
| Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 spec... |
1981 |
| Greater Blue Mountains Area The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million ha of sandstone plateaux, escarpments and gorges dominated by temperate eucalypt forest. The site, comprised of eight protected areas, is noted... |
2000 |
| Heard and McDonald Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,700 km from the Antarctic continent and 4,100 km south-west of Perth. As the only volcanically active subantarctic ... |
1997 |
| Kakadu National Park This unique archaeological and ethnological reserve, located in the Northern Territory, has been inhabited continuously for more than 40,000 years. The cave paintings, rock carvings and archaeological... |
1981 |
| Lord Howe Island Group A remarkable example of isolated oceanic islands, born of volcanic activity more than 2,000 m under the sea, these islands boast a spectacular topography and are home to numerous endemic species, espe... |
1982 |
| Macquarie Island Macquarie Island (34 km long x 5 km wide) is an oceanic island in the Southern Ocean, lying 1,500 km south-east of Tasmania and approximately halfway between Australia and the Antarctic continent. The... |
1997 |
| Ningaloo Coast The 604,500 hectare marine and terrestrial property of Ningaloo Coast, on the remote western coast of Australia, includes one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world. On land the site features an... |
2011 |
| Purnululu National Park The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia. It contains the deeply dissected Bungle Bungle Range composed of Devonian-age quartz sandstone eroded over a period... |
2003 |
| Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens The Royal Exhibition Building and its surrounding Carlton Gardens were designed for the great international exhibitions of 1880 and 1888 in Melbourne. The building and grounds were designed by Joseph ... |
2004 |
| Shark Bay, Western Australia At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest ... |
1991 |
| Sydney Opera House Inaugurated in 1973, the Sydney Opera House is a great architectural work of the 20th century that brings together multiple strands of creativity and innovation in both architectural form and structur... |
2007 |
| Tasmanian Wilderness In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over 1 million ha, constitute one of the last expanses of temperate rai... |
1982 |
| Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park This park, formerly called Uluru (Ayers Rock – Mount Olga) National Park, features spectacular geological formations that dominate the vast red sandy plain of central Australia. Uluru, an immense mo... |
1987 |
| Wet Tropics of Queensland This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical rainforests. This biotope offers a particularly extensive and varied array of plants,... |
1988 |
| Willandra Lakes Region The fossil remains of a series of lakes and sand formations that date from the Pleistocene can be found in this region, together with archaeological evidence of human occupation dating from 45–60,00... |
1981 |