Natural World Heritage sites in Australia

12 of the 21 properties of Australia are inscribed only under natural criteria (vii)–(x), from Great Barrier Reef (1981) to Ningaloo Reef (2011).

Natural 12

Site	Year	Type	Criteria
Great Barrier Reef	1981	Natural	vii viii ix x
Lord Howe Island Group	1982	Natural	vii x
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia	1986	Natural	viii ix x
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
Ningaloo Reef	2011	Natural	vii x

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