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World heritage sites of Australia / Peter Valentine ; foreword by Peter Garrett.

World heritage sites of Australia / Peter Valentine ; foreword by Peter Garrett.
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ISBN 9780642279422
Author Valentine, Peter Sinclair (author.)
Title World heritage sites of Australia / Peter Valentine ; foreword by Peter Garrett.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, [2019]
©2019.
Description 293 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-283) and index.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- Kakadu National Park -- Great Barrier Reef -- Willandra Lakes Region -- Lord Howe Island Group -- Tasmanian Wilderness -- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia -- Uluru-Kata Tjuta national Park -- Wet Tropics of Queensland -- Shark Bay, Western Australia -- Fraser Island (K'gari) -- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) -- Macquarie Island -- Heard and McDonald Islands -- Greater Blue Mountains -- Purnululu National Park -- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens -- Sydney Opera House -- Australian Convict Sites -- Ningaloo Coast -- Potential New World Heritage sites in Australia -- The future of World Heritage in Australia -- World Heritage List Criteria -- Responsibilities under the World heritage Convention -- Acknowledgements.
Summary Peter Valentine (IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas) presents Australia's 19 World Heritage sites in a magnificant tribute to Natural and cultural history. A celebration of the exceptional contribution Australian sites make to humanity's collective legacy, it is also an entreaty to preserve them for future generations.
Subjects World Heritage areas
World Heritage areas -- Australia
Historic sites -- Australia
Protected areas -- Australia
Wilderness areas -- Australia
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Garrett, Peter, 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Call number 2019.367
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