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Wet Tropics of Queensland
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| State Party |  Australia |
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| Type | Natural | |
| Criteria | vii, viii, ix, x | |
| Identification | #486 | |
| Region2 | Asia-Pacific | |
| Inscription History | ||
| Formal Inscription: | 1988 12th WH Committee Session |
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| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/486 | |
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1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site is an umbrella name for a series of National Parks stretching for 450 km along the north east coast of Australia, from Townsville to Cooktown, bordering the Great Barrier Reef, itself another World Heritage site.
Amongst the National Parks included are:
- Cedar Bay National Park
- Daintree National Park
- Endeavour River National Park
- Girringun National Park
- Wooroonooran National Park
and over 700 protected areas including private own land.
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves | Fossil Mammal Sites: Naracoorte and Riversleigh | Fraser Island | Great Barrier Reef | Greater Blue Mountains Area | Heard and McDonald Islands | Kakadu | Lord Howe Island Group | Macquarie Island | Purnululu | Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens | Shark Bay | Tasmanian Wilderness | Uluru-Kata Tjuta | Wet Tropics of Queensland | Willandra Lakes Region
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