Australia's heritage

This section of the Environment site is about conservation of Australia's natural, Indigenous and historic heritage including the management of Australia's World Heritage and the National Heritage List.

http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/

Australia's world heritage list

Index page for Australian properties on the World Heritage List. This site has a map of the properties and provides links to further information.

http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/index.html

Australian Heritage Council

The Australian Heritage Council is the principal adviser to the Australian Government on heritage matters. The Council assesses nominations for the National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List and compiles the Register of the National Estate.

http://www.ahc.gov.au/

Australian Heritage Database

The Australian Heritage Database contains information about more than 20,000 natural, historic and Indigenous places. The database includes: places in the World Heritage List; places in the National Heritage List; places in the Commonwealth Heritage list; places in the Register of the National Estate; places in the List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia and places under consideration, or that may have been considered for, any one of these lists.

http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahdb/

Indigenous Australia

This is an introduction to records about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people held by the National Archives of Australia.

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/indigenous-australia/index.aspx

Indigenous Australians caring for country

The Department of the Environment Water Resources has a long history of working with Indigenous people, across the range of Departmental core business, particularly in natural resource management and heritage related activities.

http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/

Search the Australian national historic shipwreck database

The Australian National Shipwrecks Database (ANSDB) includes all known shipwrecks in Australian waters. The information in the ANSDB has been collected by each of the State and Territory historic shipwreck agencies or supplied by collecting institutions holding historic shipwreck objects.

http://australia.gov.au/service/search-the-australian-national-historic-shipwreck-database

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust was established to conserve and preserve former Defence and other Commonwealth land in the Sydney Harbour region. The Trust will conserve the cultural heritage of the lands, protect the environment, enhance the harbour and leave a lasting legacy for Sydney.

http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/