Australia

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

   Cultural

• Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (2004)
• Sydney Opera House (2007)

   Natural

• Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (1994)
• Fraser Island (1992)
• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986)
• Great Barrier Reef (1981)
• Greater Blue Mountains Area (2000)
• Heard and McDonald Islands (1997)
• Lord Howe Island Group (1982)
• Macquarie Island (1997)
• Purnululu National Park (2003)
• Shark Bay, Western Australia (1991)
• Wet Tropics of Queensland (1988)

   Mixed

• Kakadu National Park (1981)
• Tasmanian Wilderness (1982)
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (1987)
• Willandra Lakes Region (1981)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

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

News

• Oct 26, 2007 Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
• Oct 24, 2007 Members elected to World Heritage Committee
• Jun 29, 2007 Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
• Jun 8, 2007 Agreement to Eradicate Rabbits on Macquarie Island
• Apr 4, 2005 Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
• Sep 18, 1997 Publication Of The Proceedings Of The International Symposium In Hildesheim, Germany: World Cultural Heritage - A Global Challenge
• Sep 5, 1997 Great Barrier Reef (Australia) High Court Appeal Underway

Events

• Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 17, 2008 Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop
• Sep 23, 2007 - Sep 26, 2007 VSMM 2007 Int'l Conference including Virtual Heritage and Virtual Cultures
• Mar 16, 2006 - Mar 17, 2006 Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting
• Nov 22, 2005 - Dec 2, 2005 UNESCO World Heritage Mentoring Programme for Chinese Experts and World Heritage site managers

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

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

Contacts

• Ms Sally Mansfield
  Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Australia to UNESCO
  Ambassade de l'Australie
  4, rue Jean-Rey
  75724 PARIS Cedex 15
  Tel: 01.40.59.33.44
  Fax: 01.40.59.33.53
  EMail: paris.ausdel-unesco@dfat.gov.au
  Web Site: http://www.france.embassy.gov.au/pari/unesco/html
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Australian National Commission for UNESCO
  Chair: Ms Susan Pascoe
  Secretary-General: Mr Evan Gallagher
  International Organizations Branch
  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  R.G. Casey Building
  John McEwen Crescent
  Barton ACT 0221
  AUSTRALIA
  Tel: (61.2) 6261 2321 (Sec.Gen.)
  Fax: (61.2) 6112 2321 (Sec.Gen.)
  EMail: ausnatcom.unesco@dfat.gov.au; susan.pascoe@ssa.vic.gov.au;
  Web Site: http://www.dfat.gov.au/intorgs/unesco
  Source: UNESCO/ERC