List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia

The List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia (LOPHSA) is a list of sites outside Australian jurisdiction deemed to be of outstanding historic significance to Australia. Once on the list the provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 apply.[1]

In 2007 the first three sites on the List were gazetted.[2] The Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial was considered but ultimately not gazetted.[3]

List

The List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia comprises the following sites:

#ImageListed placeCountryDate listedCoordinatesNotes
1Anzac Cove, Gallipoli
(listing)
Turkey200740°14′46″N 26°16′40″E
2Kokoda Track
(listing)
Papua New Guinea20078°52′39.95″S 147°44′14.99″E
3Howard Florey's Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
(listing)
England200751°45′34″N 1°15′05″W

See also

References

  1. "List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  2. "List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia Gazettal" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  3. Clarke, Amy (1 April 2017). "Heritage Beyond Borders: Australian Approaches to Extra-National Built Heritage". Archaeologies. 13 (1): 153–174. doi:10.1007/s11759-017-9313-y. ISSN 1555-8622.
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