Australia

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1983
• 1983 - 1989
• 1995 - 2001
• 2007 - 2011

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Australian Convict Sites (2000)
• Ningaloo Reef and Cape Range peninsula (2008)

News

• Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report published Sep 7, 2009
• Public Lecture: World Heritage - Urban Areas and Historic Cities (The University of Queensland) Apr 7, 2009
• Australian Government reinforces its Funds-in-Trust for conservation of Angkor and other heritage properties Dec 12, 2008
• Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee Oct 26, 2007
• Members elected to World Heritage Committee Oct 24, 2007
• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• Agreement to Eradicate Rabbits on Macquarie Island Jun 8, 2007
• Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" Apr 4, 2005
• Publication Of The Proceedings Of The International Symposium In Hildesheim, Germany: World Cultural Heritage - A Global Challenge Sep 18, 1997
• Great Barrier Reef (Australia) High Court Appeal Underway Sep 5, 1997

Events

• Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 17, 2008
• VSMM 2007 Int'l Conference including Virtual Heritage and Virtual Cultures Sep 23, 2007 - Sep 26, 2007
• Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting Mar 16, 2006 - Mar 17, 2006
• UNESCO World Heritage Mentoring Programme for Chinese Experts and World Heritage site managers Nov 22, 2005 - Dec 2, 2005
• World Heritage Fossil Sites Workshop Sep 22, 2000 - Oct 1, 2000
• Second World Heritage Global Strategy Meeting for the Pacific Islands region Aug 24, 1999 - Aug 27, 1999

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• Ms Sally Mansfield
  Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Australia to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.france.embassy.gov.au/pari/unesco/html
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Australian National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.dfat.gov.au/intorgs/unesco
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)