Kakadu National Park
A vast and pristine natural landscape, important for its endemic species, geology, and ancient Aboriginal rock art.
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
An exhibition building and surrounding gardens representing the importance of the 19th-century’s international exhibition movement.
K’gari (Fraser Island)
A unique island of sand dunes and rainforest.
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Beautiful and ancient rainforests that are home to a diversity of species.
Wet Tropics of Queensland
A vast area of tropical rainforest, home to a huge diversity of plant and animal species.
Sydney Opera House
A landmark of 20th-century architecture on Sydney Harbor.
Great Barrier Reef
An enormous biologically-diverse coral reef along Australia’s east coast.
Greater Blue Mountains
Several nature reserves that are home to a huge diversity of flora, representing species important to the evolution of plant life.
Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park
An awe-inspiring rock formation that is sacred to the local indigenous people, and similar red-rock domes not far away.
Australian Convict Sites
Eleven separate locations that illustrate elements of the 19th-century British penal system of “transportation” to Australia.
Tasmanian Wilderness
A diverse group of nature reserves that are important for biological diversity and that serve as refuge to many species endemic to Australia.
Shark Bay, Western Australia
A unique natural environment of dramatic landscapes and ecosystems representing evolutionary history.
Ningaloo Coast
A remote place of rugged beauty in its fringing reef and its arid mountains, gorges and canyons.
Purnululu National Park
A very remote location with dramatic beehive rock formations.