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What are the 21 World Heritage sites in Australia?

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What are 21 World Heritage sites in Australia, Australia actually has 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites as of 2025, not 21, including Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Uluru-Kata Tjuta, Kakadu, Tasmanian Wilderness and others. The 20 World Heritage sites are Great Barrier Reef QLD listed 1981, Kakadu National Park NT 1981, Willandra Lakes Region NSW 1981, Tasmanian Wilderness TAS 1982, Lord Howe Island Group NSW 1982, Gondwana Rainforests of Australia NSW and QLD 1986, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park NT 1987, Wet Tropics of Queensland QLD 1988, Shark Bay WA 1991, Fraser Island QLD 1992, Australian Fossil Mammal Sites Riversleigh and Naracoorte QLD and SA 1994, Heard and McDonald Islands external territory 1997, Macquarie Island TAS 1997, Greater Blue Mountains Area NSW 2000, Purnululu National Park WA 2003, Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens VIC 2004, Sydney Opera House NSW 2007, Australian Convict Sites 11 sites across NSW, TAS, WA, Norfolk Island 2010, Ningaloo Coast WA 2011 and Budj Bim Cultural Landscape VIC 2019. So there are 20 World Heritage sites in Australia, not 21, including Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Uluru, Kakadu, Tasmanian Wilderness, Shark Bay, Fraser Island, Blue Mountains, Gondwana Rainforests and others, with 12 natural, 4 cultural and 4 mixed.
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