Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Resources
Addition of Koongarra - 27 June 2011
Koongarra was added to the Kakadu World Heritage area on 27 June 2011. Mr Jeffrey Lee, Koongarra senior traditional owner of the Djok (Gundjeihmi) clan, was in Paris to witness the decision and while there made a statement to the World Heritage Committee thanking them for inscribing Koongarra into the Kakadu World Heritage area. A copy of his statement is below.
- Statement to the World Heritage Committee by Mr Jeffrey Lee (PDF 110 KB) | (RTF - 14 KB)
- Map: Koongarra site within the Kakadu National Park World Heritage Area (PDF - 411 KB)
Photos
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Jeffrey Lee thanking the World Heritage Committee for inscribing Koongarra onto the World Heritage List. |
Jeffrey Lee and Stewart Gangali outside UNESCO Headquarters in Paris after Koongarra was inscribed on the World Heritage List. |
Find out more
- Kakadu National Park
- World Heritage Committee information for Kakadu National Park
- Australia's Commitments: Protecting Kakadu - Progress Report to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee - 15 April 2000 (PDF - 103 KB)
- Brochure (PDF - 399 KB)
- Map: Kakadu National Park World Heritage area boundary (PDF - 390 KB)
Available in the library
- Nomination of Kakadu National Park by the Government of Australia for inscription in the World Heritage List
Prepared by the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, 1991. - Kakadu Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management
Press T, Lea D., Webb A. and Graham A. (eds) Australian Nature Conservation Agency and North Australia Research Unit, The Australian National University, Darwin, 1995.
Publications
- Environment Australia 1999, Kakadu National Park Tour Operators Handbook, Environment Australia.
- Kakadu Board of Management and Director of National Parks 2007, Kakadu National Park - Management Plan 2007-2014, Director of National Parks.
- Lawrence, D., 2000, Kakadu: The Making of a National Park, The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, Carlton.
- Press, T., Lea D., Webb, A. and Graham, A. (eds) 1995, Kakadu: Natural and cultural heritage and management, Australian Nature Conservation Agency, North Australia Research Unit, The Australian National University.
Contact
Kakadu National Park
PO Box 71
Jabiru NT 0886
AUSTRALIA
Heritage values
- Gazette notice (PDF - 68 KB)
- Location/Boundary plan (PDF - 390 KB)
- Koongarra location (PDF - 411 KB)
- AHDB place details
- Australia's Commitments: Protecting Kakadu - Progress Report to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee - 15 April 2000 (PDF - 103 KB)
- Kakadu factsheet (PDF - 399 KB)
- Map (PDF - 386 KB)
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