World Heritage-listed Areas

The globally recognised World Heritage List contains some of the most important examples of natural and cultural heritage in the world. Protected by international convention, they are part of a group of more than 800 treasures that include the Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest, the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China.

There are six World Heritage sites in New South Wales, indicated by colour on the map, five of which include parks and reserves managed by the NPWS:

• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (previously the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia) which includes the major rainforest parks and reserves of north-east NSW and south-east Queensland
• Greater Blue Mountains
• Lord Howe Island Group
• Willandra Lakes Region
• Australian Convict Sites (Old Great North Road)

The sixth World Heritage site in NSW is the Sydney Opera House, which is managed by the Sydney Opera House Trust.

World Heritage-listed parks and reserves in NSW

More information

• Visit the World Heritage website
• Remnants of Gondwana - A Natural and Social History of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, edited by Roger Kitching, Richard Braithwaite and Janet Cavanaugh (available from the publishers, Surrey Beatty and Sons)
• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website