World Heritage in Australia

21 properties inscribed between 1981 and 2025.

Cultural 5Natural 12Mixed 4

Site	Year	Type	Criteria
Great Barrier Reef	1981	Natural	vii viii ix x
Kakadu National Park	1981	Mixed	i vi vii ix x
Willandra Lakes Region	1981	Mixed	iii viii
Lord Howe Island Group	1982	Natural	vii x
Tasmanian Wilderness	1982	Mixed	iii iv vi vii viii ix x
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia	1986	Natural	viii ix x
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park	1987	Mixed	v vi vii viii
Wet Tropics of Queensland	1988	Natural	vii viii ix x
Shark Bay	1991	Natural	vii viii ix x
K'gari	1992	Natural	vii viii ix
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)	1994	Natural	viii ix
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	1997	Natural	viii ix
Macquarie Island	1997	Natural	vii viii
Greater Blue Mountains Area	2000	Natural	ix x
Purnululu National Park	2003	Natural	vii viii
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens	2004	Cultural	ii
Sydney Opera House	2007	Cultural	i
Australian Convict Sites	2010	Cultural	iv vi
Ningaloo Reef	2011	Natural	vii x
Budj Bim	2019	Cultural	iii v
Murujuga National Park	2025	Cultural	i iii v

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · danger list as published in 2026 · independent atlas, not affiliated with UNESCO or Petit Futé.

Inscriptions over time