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‘Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage’.
Find information about heritage in Australia, heritage levels, where sites are, how new sites are added, how they are managed and protected. Access an information database and photo collection covering all Australian areas, via the first link in this section.
Similarly, discover background to world heritage listings and why this occurred. Find where the nearly 900 listed sites are, whether man-made or natural. Access data about a range of individual world sites.
In addition, find information about the Seven Wonders of The World - ancient and modern lists, man-made and natural. Most are included on the World Heritage List.
Australian Information
Australia’s World Heritage Sites
- Australia’s World Heritage Sites
Listing, with much information [some downloadable in PDF format] for each site, from the Australian government.
Specific Sites
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
Riversleigh/Naracoorte. Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, links for both sites. - Great Barrier Reef@nationalgeographic.com
A virtual trip through the reef, photographs, related articles.
Brilliant !. - Heard and McDonald Islands
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, further reading, links. - Lord Howe Island
Downloadable PDF information, map, other information, gallery, links. - Purnululu National Park
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, links. - Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens,
Melbourne
Downloadable PDF information, map, gallery, other information, links. - Shark Bay, Western Australia
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, gallery, further reading, links. - Sydney Opera House
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, gallery, further reading, links. - Tasmanian Wilderness
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, further reading, links. - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, links. - Willandra Lakes Region
Downloadable PDF information and map, other information, further reading, links. Includes Lake Mungo.
International Information
Wonders of the World
Ancient Wonders
- Destinations
A virtual tour of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ‘Click on any icon on the map to begin your virtual tour’. CNN Interactive. - Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The 7 selected wonders. Each section has a range of information including schematics, statistics, other information. -
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World [Online University]
Brief descriptions of these with embedded links to related sites on either the specific topics or particular aspects. - Seven Wonders of the Ancient World [Wikipedia]
Information, specific detail, external links, a history of their selection. - Seven Wonders of the Ancient World [YouTube]
A Virtual Satellite Tour. A virtual tour provided through the technology of YouTube. - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world. - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Listing, maps, other wonders, FAQs, links. - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World [2]
‘Embark on the ultimate luxury vacation through space and time. See the famous Seven Wonders of the Ancient World : Walk through the lush Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Climb the great Lighthouse at Alexandria, … ’.
General Sites
- All Wonders
Natural, architectural, human wonders. - New 7 Wonders Of The World
Details from selection to voting trends. - Seven Wonders of the Modern World
‘In 1994 ASCE sought nominations from across the globe for the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The chosen projects pay tribute to the greatest civil engineering achievements of the 20th century’. They range from the Panama Canal to the CN Tower in Toronto. - Seven Wonders of the World
‘From Wikipedia. Includes a number of Seven Wonder listings including Ancient, Medieval and the modern era. Further readings, references, links in addition to information provided. - The New 7 Wonders
‘View them all in 360 degree interactive panoramas from internationally known panorama photographers’.
Man-made Wonders
Ancient and modern structures.
- Angkor Wat
Description, maps, documents, gallery, video, more. Visit Angkor What which provides a wealth of information including material on tourism. - Aswan High Dam
Information, construction history, graphics, links to further information, external links. From Wikipedia. - Explore the Taj Mahal
Take a virtual tour of the whole complex. ‘Includes integrated Text for the Hearing-Impaired & downloadable MS Word [with pictures] for Schools’.
Great Wall of China
- Great Wall of China
Information, embedded links, external links, graphics, historical information, more. From Wikipedia. - The Great Wall of China
Take a 360° tour of one section of the Great Wall.
- Hagia Sophia
Pages of information, photos, architecture, history, mosaics, more. Two additional sites providing both information and graphics are Hagia-Sophia.net and Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
Panama Canal
- Panama Canal
Modern information regarding the canal including maritime information, webcams, more. - Canalmuseum
Photos, documents, stories, books, links, all covering the creation of the Panama Canal.
- Pyramids, The Inside Story
NOVA Program that retraces how the Pyramids were built. Learn about the Pharaohs they were built for and more. - Petronas Towers
Information, the Skybridge, gallery, location, other facts & figures, links. - Stonehenge
About Stonehenge, Visitor information, links to other sites for historical details, more. - The Channel Tunnel
Background information, further links, tunnel services, Eurostar services.
Natural Wonders
- Destination : The Natural Wonders of the World
Great Barrier Reef, Grand Canyon, Northern Lights, Mt Everest, Paricutin, Victoria Falls, the Harbour at Rio. - Natural Wonders of the World
Lists 7 for each continent. Yellowstone, Angel Falls and Uluru are included. - The 7 Natural Wonders of the World
- Natural Wonders of the World Field Trip
Online field trip. Resources, information for teachers. - New 7 Wonders - Project
Find what can be voted for. - Reef Ed - Great Barrier Reef Explorer
Animals and plants of the Great Barrier Reef. For scientific information, try the CRC Reef Research Centre. - Windows Into Wonderland
Virtual tours of Yellowstone Park in the US.
World Heritage Sites
A selection of natural and man-made world heritage sites across our planet. More will be added.
- UNESCO - World Heritage List
World Heritage Centre. Extensive listing by country. - WHTour
The World Heritage List in Panography and Virtual Reality Tours. ‘Documenting cultural and natural sites registered as World Heritage by the UNESCO’.
Specific Sites
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Remembered for both the wrong and right reasons. It became a World Heritage Site in 1979. Description, maps, gallery, more. - Borobudur Temple Compound
Wikipedia’s information on the Temple Compound, its history, architecture and meaning. - Brasilia - World Heritage Site
The official Brazilian capital, added to the listing in 1987. Brilliant architecture, layout. - Carthage
The Site of Carthage. The centre of a trading empire in opposition to Rome. A second site can be found at Carthage. - Foz Côa, Coa Valley Rock Art
Brilliant rock art saved from destruction in Portugal. A second site is Parque Arqueológico Vale do Côa which, while the main page is in Portuguese, has an English presentation as well. - Galápagos Islands
‘These nineteen islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique ‘living museum and showcase of evolution’’. - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada. Amazing heritage site and interpretive centre. - Iguazú National Park
Its magnificent waterfalls are only one aspect of this Argentinian heritage listed area. - Lake Baikal
A vast freshwater lake in south-east Siberia. A second site, Lake Baikal Homepage provides extensive coverage from ecology and photogalleries through to geology. - Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary
Brilliant site found high in the Andes in Peru. [Scroll down for the range of links covering all aspects.] Take a virtual tour here. - Medina of Fez
Morocco. The home of the world’s oldest university as well as amazing architecture and culture. - Petra
‘A guide to the ancient city of Petra’. You can also take a Virtual Tour of Petra [photographs] via this site. - Rapa Nui National Park, Chile
Also known as Easter Island. Information, links. - Serengeti National Park
The official UNESCO page. For a wealth of textual information go to this Protected Areas Program page. - Sigiriya : The Mount of Remembrance
A magnificent, cultural site in Sri Lanka. - Tower of London
Find information at this site and then take a virtual tour of the tower, find further information here. - Trier
“Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier”. The oldest German town and the site of some amazing Roman structures. - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
‘Uniting Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta and Glacier National Park in Montana as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the first such park in the world’. [One of, if not, the most beautiful part of the Rockies.]