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The Jenolan Caves are listed on the Australian National Heritage List. [9] On 25 June 2004 Jenolan Caves Reserve (excluding the caves) were listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register with the following inscription: [1] [10] Jenolan Caves Reserve is of state significance for its historical, aesthetic, research and rarity values.
The Jenolan Caves House is a large, heritage-listed hotel, built in stages between 1879 and 1926.It is located in the remote Jenolan Caves Karst Conservation Reserve, Blue Mountains National Park, on the western edge of the Blue Mountains UNESCO World Heritage Area, in New South Wales, Australia.
Satellite view of Australia's capital city, Canberra, whose name comes from a Ngunawal language word meaning "meeting place". Welcome sign from Murwillumbah, New South Wales. The name derives from the Bandjalang word meaning "camping place". Aboriginal names of suburbs of Brisbane, derived from the Turrbal language.
Jenolan is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Oberon in the Central West region of New South Wales. The locality is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) south-east of the town of Oberon. The 2016 census recorded a population of 19 for the state suburb of Jenolan. [1]
ASF had statutory representation on the old Board of Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust (NSW) and its Speleological Advisory Committee, and on the Karst Management Advisory Committee of DECC. Seven ASF members have received awards in the Order of Australia honours list (OAM and AM), specifically citing their contribution to knowledge and conservation ...
The tracks have been an important factor in the growth of conservation values in the community. Walkers have left a resource of written records, photographs and memories recording their impressions and emotional and spiritual experiences on the tracks that has historic significance as a record of Australians' changing relationships with nature.
The name Megalong Valley is said to be derived from an Aboriginal word thought to mean 'Valley Under The Rock'. [1] Megalong Valley is Gundungurra country. The first record of a European coming to the valley was of Thomas Jones, a natural history specimen collector, who followed the course of Coxs River from Hartley, New South Wales to ...
The legislation also protects sites of archaeological, historical and cultural significance relating to Aboriginal peoples that may be unrelated to beliefs, and more commonly thought of as Aboriginal Australian heritage sites. States and territories maintain registers of sites of Indigenous significance with searchable online databases. Despite ...