Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL HERITAGE LIST
The Hon Greg Hunt MP, the Minister for the Environment invites people to nominate places for
inclusion in the National Heritage List for the assessment period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
The National Heritage List contains places in the Australian jurisdiction found to be of
outstanding heritage value to the nation. The Australian jurisdiction includes Australia, the
external Territories, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf.
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Nominations must be received by the Department of the Environment by 6 February 2015.
Late nominations will be ineligible.
Nominations for the National Heritage List must be made on the official form, available
from the Nominations Manager, whose address is given below, or by emailing
heritage@environment.gov.au.
The information that must be provided with each nomination is specified on the form and
in the Nomination Notes and Regulations that will be provided with the form.
As provided for in the EPBC Act, in order to help mature and balance the National Heritage List,
Minister Hunt has identified deserts and benevolent institutions as places of particular interest for
consideration for the 2015-16 assessment period.
Information on places already in or nominated for the National Heritage List is available from the
Nominations Manager or from the Internet by searching the Australian Heritage Database at Web
address: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl. General information on the
National Heritage List, including on how places are assessed and the statutory protections
provided by listing, is available at Web address:
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/index.html. This notice is prepared and published in
accordance with the provisions of sections324J of the EPBC Act.
Nominations Manager
Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division
Department of the Environment
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6274 2182
email: heritage@environment.gov.au