UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia
Australia has 21 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 5 cultural, 12 natural, and 4 mixed.
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- Sites
- 21
- Countries
- 1
- Cultural
- 5
- Natural
- 12
- Mixed
- 4
- Inscription years
- 1981–2025
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21 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Australian Convict Sites — Australia · Cultural · 2010
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) — Australia · Natural · 1994
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape — Australia · Cultural · 2019
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia — Australia · Natural · 1986
- Great Barrier Reef — Australia · Natural · 1981
- Greater Blue Mountains Area — Australia · Natural · 2000
- Heard and McDonald Islands — Australia · Natural · 1997
- K’gari — Australia · Natural · 1992
- Kakadu National Park — Australia · Mixed · 1981
- Lord Howe Island Group — Australia · Natural · 1982
- Macquarie Island — Australia · Natural · 1997
- Murujuga Cultural Landscape — Australia · Cultural · 2025
- Ningaloo Coast — Australia · Natural · 2011
- Purnululu National Park — Australia · Natural · 2003
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens — Australia · Cultural · 2004
- Shark Bay, Western Australia — Australia · Natural · 1991
- Sydney Opera House — Australia · Cultural · 2007
- Tasmanian Wilderness — Australia · Mixed · 1982
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park — Australia · Mixed · 1987
- Wet Tropics of Queensland — Australia · Natural · 1988
- Willandra Lakes Region — Australia · Mixed · 1981
Counts are based on Zikzak's current UNESCO World Heritage dataset, sourced from UNESCO. Last updated 7 August 2026. UNESCO insights