Australian Heritage Database

Included in the database are places or items:^[1]

• the World Heritage List, places that are of outstanding universal value and have been included on this United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) managed list;
• the National Heritage List, a long list of natural, historic and Indigenous places that are of outstanding national heritage value to the Australian nation;
• the Commonwealth Heritage List, a list of natural, historic and Indigenous places of heritage significance owned or controlled by the Australian Government;
• the Register of the National Estate, a list of natural, historic and Indigenous heritage places throughout Australia, frozen in February 2007 and replaced by the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List;
• the List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance (LOPHSA),^[2] a list which recognises symbolically sites of outstanding historic significance to Australia that are located outside the Australian jurisdiction; and
• other places being considered for listing in one of these lists.

Photographs of listed places are included (if available) through links to the Australian Heritage Photographic Library. There is a separate search facility for searching the photos only.^[3]

• Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database – shipwrecks, sunken aircraft and other types of underwater heritage sites and artefacts
• Australian Heritage Council – principal adviser to the Australian Government on heritage matters
• List of heritage registers (worldwide)

• Official website
• Search page