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Australia's monuments take on many distinct forms, including statues, fountains, natural landmarks and buildings. While some monuments of Australia hold a national significance, many are constructed and maintained by local community groups, and are primarily significant on a local scale. [1]
The area is home to a substantial part of Australian biodiversity, both in animal and plant species. It also includes the only growing sites of the ancient relict species Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii and Wollemia nobilis. The Three Sisters rock formation is pictured. [22] Purnululu National Park: Western Australia: 2003 1094; viii, ix (natural)
Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Building was designed by Harry Seidler. It is 'outstanding example of the Late Twentieth-Century International Style of architecture in Australia and is the largest such example in the National Capital'. Commonwealth Heritage List: National Gallery of Australia: 1973-82 Parkes, Australian Capital Territory
The National Heritage List was established in 2003 by an amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [1]The National Heritage List, together with the Commonwealth Heritage List, replaced the former Register of the National Estate, which was closed and archived in 2007.
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 ...
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"a monument or the remains of a monument the preservation of which is a matter of national importance by reason of the historical, architectural, traditional, artistic, or archaeological interest attaching thereto" [43] Owned or managed by the National Monuments Service. The Service's own list of monuments is not definitive. [44]
Australia was one of the first countries in the world to play host to the skyscraper boom along with the United States and Canada. Australia's first skyscraper as then-defined was Melbourne's now demolished APA Building , completed in 1889, which was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time.