World heritage areas

World Heritage listing is the international recognition of ‘Outstanding Universal Values’ of natural and cultural sites around the world.

• Australian Fossil Mammal Site – Riversleigh section
• Great Barrier Reef
• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
• K’gari (Fraser Island)
• more…

• Quandamooka World Heritage Tentative List Submission
• Cape York Peninsula
• FAQs—extension to the K'gari (Fraser Island) World World Heritage area

The Queensland First Nations World Heritage Strategy demonstrates how the Queensland Government will empower First Nations peoples and local communities to better identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit to future generations the irreplaceable values of World Heritage areas.

Information about the process for nominating a place to the world heritage list.

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is responsible for day-to-day management of these areas.

Information about the United Nations World Heritage Convention which defines the kind of natural or cultural sites that can be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List.

The World Heritage Connect newsletter is a national publication that provides a platform to share ideas, experiences and events happening in Australia’s 19 World Heritage listed places.