Australia - Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park (1981, 1987, 1992)
Australia

United Nations (Geneva). 1999. World Cultural Heritage. Kakadu National Park, Australia.

This unique archaeological and ethnological reserve, located in the Northern Territory, has been inhabited continuously for more than 40,000 years.

The cave paintings, rock carvings and archaeological sites record the skills and way of life of the region's inhabitants, from the hunter-gatherers of prehistoric times to the Aboriginal people still living there.

It is a unique example of a complex of ecosystems, including tidal flats, floodplains, lowlands and plateaux, and provides a habitat for a wide range of rare or endemic species of plants and animals.

United Nations (Geneva) 1999. The stamp shown is from a booklet, and has a face value of FS 0,20. A similar stamp with the face value of FS 0,90 has also been issued by Geneva.

In its first World Heritage Series from 1993, Australia issued this stamp with a view of high cliffs, steep rocks and splashing waterfalls in Kakadu National Park.

Australia 1993. Kakadu National Park.

Australia 1993. World Cultural Heritage. Kakadu National Park, Australia.

Sources and links:

Kakadu National Park Home Page (Department of the Environment and Heritage (Parks and Reserves))

Other World Heritage Sites in Australia (on this site). Inactive links are not described on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, Australia-section, for further information about such sites.

Great Barrier Reef
Willandra Lakes Region
Tasmanian Wilderness
Lord Howe Island Group
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Shark Bay, Western Australia

Fraser Island
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracote)
Heard and McDonald Islands
Macquarie Island
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Purnululu National Park
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Sydney Opera House

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