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You are here: Home > Protected areas > Types of protected areas > World Heritage-listed areas

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 five World Heritage sites in New South Wales, four 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

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

More information

• Visit the World Heritage website.
• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website

World Heritage-listed parks and reserves in NSW, sorted by region

Hunter & Mid North Coast	Top
Barrington Tops National Park (extensive information) Dorrigo National Park (extensive information) Lord Howe Island Marine Park (middle-level information) Mount Royal National Park (middle-level information) Mount Seaview Nature Reserve (basic details only) Willi Willi National Park (middle-level information)
New England Tablelands	Top
Cunnawarra National Park (middle-level information) Gibraltar Range National Park (extensive information) Mount Hyland Nature Reserve (middle-level information) New England National Park (middle-level information) Oxley Wild Rivers National Park (extensive information) Washpool National Park (extensive information) Werrikimbe National Park (extensive information)
Northern Rivers	Top
Border Ranges National Park (extensive information) Captains Creek Nature Reserve (basic details only) Iluka Nature Reserve (middle-level information) Koreelah National Park (middle-level information) Limpinwood Nature Reserve (basic details only) Mallanganee National Park (basic details only) Mebbin National Park (extensive information) Mount Clunie National Park (basic details only) Mount Nothofagus National Park (basic details only) Mount Warning National Park (middle-level information) Nightcap National Park (extensive information) Numinbah Nature Reserve (basic details only) Richmond Range National Park (middle-level information) Tooloom National Park (middle-level information) Toonumbar National Park (middle-level information) Wollumbin National Park (middle-level information) Wollumbin State Conservation Area (basic details only)
Outback NSW	Top
Mungo National Park (extensive information)
Sydney & Surrounds	Top
Blue Mountains National Park (extensive information) Gardens of Stone National Park (middle-level information) Kanangra-Boyd National Park (middle-level information) Nattai National Park (middle-level information) Thirlmere Lakes National Park (middle-level information) Wollemi National Park (middle-level information) Yengo National Park (middle-level information)