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]
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 17 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline. The EPBC Act replaced the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975.
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]
The List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia comprises the following sites:
# | Image | Listed place | Country | Date listed | Coordinates | Notes |
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1 | Anzac Cove, Gallipoli (listing) | Turkey | 2007 | 40°14′46″N26°16′40″E / 40.24611°N 26.27778°E | ||
2 | Kokoda Track (listing) | Papua New Guinea | 2007 | 8°52′39.95″S147°44′14.99″E / 8.8777639°S 147.7374972°E | ||
3 | Howard Florey's Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology (listing) | England | 2007 | 51°45′34″N1°15′05″W / 51.7595°N 1.2515°W | ||
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