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6 7 Protecting Australian landmarks Many Australian landmarks are heritage-listed. The World Heritage, National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage lists help to protect special landmarks for future generations. State, territory and local governments also have heritage lists to protect Australian landmarks. How do landmarks represent Australia? Australian landmarks represent the land and people of Australia. Some landmarks are sacred sites that are important to Indigenous Australians. Others are symbols of European settlement and development. Together, Australian landmarks represent Australia as a young country with an Indigenous heritage that includes the oldest continuous living cultures in the world. Types of landmarks Australia has many types of landmarks. Some landmarks are natural, such as the Great Barrier Reef, while others have been built by humans, such as the Sydney Opera House. Many Australian landmarks are protected by government or other authorities. Type of heritage listing What type of landmarks does it protect? How many Australian landmarks are on this list? World Heritage List Natural and built places that are important to everyone and found all over the world 18 Commonwealth Heritage List Places that are natural, cultural, or historic and found within the Commonwealth or outside Australia 337 National Heritage List Places that are natural or cultural and contribute to Australia’s national identity 89 Australian landmarks are found all over the country and in overseas territories, as shown on this map.
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Greater Blue Mountains
Sydney Opera HouseSydney Harbour Bridge
Parliament HouseTomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier
Melbourne Cricket GroundRoyal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Wineglass Bay
Port Arthur Historic Site
Eureka Rebellion Historic Precinct
Shipwreck Coast
Adelaide Oval
Birdsville Track
Uluru
Nullarbor Plain
Shark Bay
Bungle Bungle Range
Kakadu National Park
Great Barrier Reef
Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Eyre
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Mawson’s Huts Historic Site
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Darwin
Perth
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Canberra
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Protecting australian landmarksMany Australian landmarks are heritage-listed. The World Heritage, National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage lists help to protect special landmarks for future generations. State, territory and local governments also have heritage lists to protect Australian landmarks.
How do landmarks represent australia?Australian landmarks represent the land and people of Australia. Some landmarks are sacred sites that are important to indigenous australians. Others are symbols of European settlement and development. Together, Australian landmarks represent Australia as a young country with an indigenous heritage that includes the oldest continuous living cultures in the world.
types of landmarksAustralia has many types of landmarks. Some landmarks are natural, such as the Great Barrier Reef, while others have been built by humans, such as the Sydney Opera House. Many Australian landmarks are protected by government or other authorities.
type of heritage listing
what type of landmarks does
it protect?
How many australian
landmarks are on this list?
World Heritage
List
Natural and built places that are important to
everyone and found all over the world
18
Commonwealth Heritage
List
Places that are natural, cultural, or historic
and found within the Commonwealth or outside Australia
337
National Heritage List
Places that are natural or cultural and contribute to Australia’s national
identity
89
Australian landmarks are found all over the country and in overseas territories, as shown on this map.
symbol FaCtOn 9 May 1901, the first Parliament of Australia was opened at the royal Exhibition Building.
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melbourne Cricket Ground royal exhibition building and Carlton Gardens
The dome of the royal Exhibition Building was modelled on the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, Italy.
The MCG is Melbourne’s world-famous home of sport.
addinG GrandstandsThe MCG’s grandstands have grown to accommodate Melbourne’s growing population. The Great Southern Stand was opened in 1992 and the Northern Stand was opened in 2006.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Victoria, was built in 1853 as a home for the Melbourne Cricket Club. Many important sporting events have been held at the MCG. The MCG is a symbol of Australia’s sporting history.
How is it a symbol of australia?The MCG is a symbol of Australia’s sporting history. It hosted Australia’s first cricket test match against England in 1877. The MCG has brought the community together in many events, including international cricket matches, Australian Football League (AFL) grand finals and the 1956
Olympic Games. It is also a venue for large public events, such as concerts.
TyPE OF LANdMArK: Built
STATUS: National Heritage List (2005)
Arena
Great Southern Stand
Light towers (85 metres high)
Total number of seats – 95 000
The royal Exhibition Building is in Carlton Gardens, in Melbourne, Victoria. It was built for the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880, which displayed new inventions and ideas from around the world. The royal Exhibition Building is an important architectural and historical landmark that symbolises Melbourne’s industry in the 1800s.
How is it a symbol of australia?The Royal Exhibition Building is a symbol of Melbourne’s great wealth and industry after the Victorian gold rush. In 1880, it was the largest building in Australia. Today, it is the only hall that remains from international exhibitions in the 1800s.
TyPE OF LANdMArK: Built
STATUS: National Heritage List (2004), World Heritage List (2004)
Arched Roman entrances
Great Hall
Hexagon-shaped dome (60 metres high)
Northern Stand
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Uluru’s colour changes as the sun rises and sets – it has a red glow at sunset.
uluruUluru is located around 440 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory. This sandstone formation is the tip of a giant rock that is between 300 and 400 million years old. Uluru is a symbol of Australia’s unique geology.
How is it a symbol of australia?Uluru is a symbol of Australia’s unique geology. Millions of years ago, Uluru was part of a larger mountain range. Over time, these mountains eroded, or wore away, revealing the rock slab we know as Uluru. The vibrant beauty and unusual shape of Uluru represent the desert landscape of Australia’s Red Centre.
kakadu national ParkKakadu is Australia’s largest national park, covering 19 804 square kilometres of the Northern Territory. The area is of great spiritual importance to the Indigenous Gagudju, Gundjehmi and Jawoyn peoples. Kakadu symbolises Australia’s rich history and diverse tropical landscape.
How is it a symbol of australia?Kakadu National Park is an important symbol of Indigenous Australian settlement. Stone tools found at old camping sites in Kakadu suggest that Indigenous Australians were in the area 50 000 to 60 000 years ago. Kakadu is also a symbol of Australia’s diverse tropical landscape. The park’s features include tidal flats, estuaries, rainforests, hills, basins, lowlands and floodplains.
Kakadu is home to more than one-third of Australia’s bird species.
symbol FaCtKakadu National Park contains 5000 rock art sites. They are symbols of Australia’s rich Indigenous heritage.
Paperbark forest
271 species of birds Floodplain
a saCred roCkUluru is an important landmark to the indigenous Anangu people. Some parts of Uluru are sacred to the Anangu. These sites cannot be visited or photographed by outsiders.
TyPE OF LANdMArK: Natural
STATUS: Unlisted
TyPE OF LANdMArK: Natural
STATUS: World Heritage List (1981, 1987, 1992), National Heritage List (2007)
Uluru is 348 metres high and 9.4 kilometres around.
