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Willandra Lakes Region
| Site number: | 167 |
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| Type of site: | Mixed | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1981 | |
| Location: | Australia, Balranald and Wentworth shires, New South Wales | |
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| Description: | This region holds archaeological evidence of human occupation, dating back 45-60,000 years, holding fossil remains from the Pleistocene of a series of lakes and sand formations. On the Australian continent, this site provides a rare glimpse of human evolution of the area. Well-preserved examples of giant marsupial fossils have been found on the site. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| The Willandra Lakes Region is a World Heritage Site that covers 2,400 square kilometres in south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Region has important natural and cultural values including exceptional examples of past human civilization including the Worlds oldest cremation site. A small section of the Region is protected by the Mungo National Park. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/167 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |