Editing Protected areas of Australia (section)

===National Heritage List===
{{Main|Australian National Heritage List}}
The [[National Heritage List]] is a [[heritage register]], a list of [[National heritage site|national heritage places]] deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia, established in 2003.<ref name=nhl>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national-heritage-list|title=Australia's National Heritage List|website=Australian Government. Dept of Energy and the Environment|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> The list includes natural and historic places, including those of cultural significance to [[Indigenous Australians]]. Once on the National Heritage List the provisions of the ''[[Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999]]'' apply.<ref>{{cite web|title=Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Section 324A|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/epabca1999588/s324a.html|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute|access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> Some of these also form part of the [[World Heritage Sites]] listed in a separate section below.