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The words 'World Heritage' are quoted so frequently that they lose their power and authority, being rendered meaningless through their familiarity. They become as useless as gobbledigook. Rarely is the original citation ever reveiwed. Because of this, the information on the listing of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a region that includes Springbrook, is included here, as a reference for rememberance - lest we forget.

The Queensland Government's site on Spring brook National Park http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/springbrook/ notes:

What's special

Spectacular waterfalls, lush rainforest, ancient trees, impressive views, exceptional ecological importance and natural beauty make this Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area an outstanding place to visit.

The link explains in more detail:

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area, originally listed in 1986 to cover rainforests in New South Wales, was extended in 1994 to include rainforests on the Queensland side of the border.
This property has an area of 366 507ha; 59 223ha is in Queensland.
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area meets three of the four natural criteria for listing:

represents a major stage of the earth's evolutionary history
is an outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological processes.
contains the most important natural habitats for conserving biological diversity.

Protected areas in this property include Lamington, Springbrook, Mt Barney and Main Range National Parks. An estimated 2 million people a year visit this World Heritage area.
Before European settlement, these sub-tropical rainforests were probably the most extensive rainforests in Australia. Today, Lamington National Park has the largest remaining area of undisturbed subtropical rainforest.
Less varied than the wet tropical rainforests of north Queensland, these rainforests include warm temperate, cool temperate, sub-tropical and dry rainforests. This property contains the world's most extensive subtropical rainforest and nearly all of the world's Antarctic beech cool temperate rainforest.
Rainforests on both sides of the border contain more frog, snake, bird and marsupial species than anywhere else in Australia. This site provides a home for many rare and threatened plants and animals and ancient life forms.
Sub-tropical rainforest in Lamington and Main Range National Parks provides a home for ground-dwelling birds such as the rare Albert's lyrebird and the endangered eastern bristlebird. Fruit-eating birds such as the endangered Coxen's fig parrot live in open forest in Mt Barney National Park.
The New South Wales and Queensland Governments work together to protect this property.
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The World Heritage listing is a UNESCO initiative. The complete UNESCO World Heritage list for Australia is:

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The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia is item number six on the list. Springbrook shares the significance of this listing with only nineteen other places in Australia. For the complete world-wide list of World Heritage sites see: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list

The note 1 reads:
Notes

Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'

The details of this listing are itemised at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/368 The site can be explored, and expanded through all of its links.

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Brief Description

This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.

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Historical Description

With the opening of the Gwydir Highway in December 1960, the Gibraltar Range became accessible and moves were initiated to establish a national park. Approximately 14,000ha was reserved for public recreation by notification in the Government Gazette of 8 March 1963 and further 1,425ha was added by notification in the Government Gazette of 17 September 1965. The area was formally created a national park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1967. Further land was incorporated with the park by proclamation in the Government Gazette of 24 December 1970 (c. 105ha) and 1 July 1977 (c. 1,790ha). Washpool National Park was reserved under the Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act, 1983. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986.
Source: Advisory Body Evaluation

Notes

Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'

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Multiple Locations

Serial ID Number ↓	Name & Location	Coordinates	Area	Date Inscribed
368-001	Border Ranges National Park New South Wales, Australia	S28 20 46.9 E152 53 17.3	31229 Ha	1986
368-002	Limpinwood Nature Reserve New South Wales, Australia	S28 17 51.8 E153 10 51.3	2646 Ha	1986
368-003	Numinbah Nature Reserve New South Wales, Australia	S28 14 37.2 E153 17 13.2	858 Ha	1986
368-004	Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve New South Wales, Australia	S28 17 30.3 E152 36 37.7	650 Ha	1986
368-005	Mount Warning National Park New South Wales, Australia	S28 23 38.5 E153 16 14.8	2380 Ha	1986
368-006	Nightcap National Park New South Wales, Australia	S28 32 24.6 E153 16 56.9	4945 Ha	1986
368-007	Washpool National Park New South Wales, Australia	S29 22 21.6 E152 20 05.6	27715 Ha	1986
368-008	Gibraltar Ranger National Park New South Wales, Australia	S29 27 31.8 E152 21 25.5	17273 Ha	1986
368-009	Iluka Nature Reserve New South Wales, Australia	S29 24 14.1 E153 21 44.4	136 Ha	1986
368-010	New England National Park New South Wales, Australia	S30 28 19.1 E152 28 55.6	29985 Ha	1986
368-011	Dorrigo National Park New South Wales, Australia	S30 21 09.4 E152 48 26.1	7885 Ha	1986
368-012	Mt Hyland Nature Reserve New South Wales, Australia	S30 09 49.9 E152 26 28.2	1636 Ha	1986
368-013	Werrikimbe National Park New South Wales, Australia	S31 09 59.7 E152 15 11.9	35178 Ha	1986
368-014	Mt Seaview Nature Reserve New South Wales, Australia	S31 20 05.6 E152 11 01.9	1703 Ha	1986
368-015	Willi Willi NP (formerly Banda Banda Flora Reserve) New South Wales, Australia	S31 08 47.7 E152 25 31.3	1610 Ha	1986
368-016	Barrington Tops National Park New South Wales, Australia	S31 56 11.7 E151 29 11.7	39120 Ha	1986
368-017	Springbrook National Park (part) Queensland, Australia	S28 12 23.5 E153 17 46.4	2480 Ha	1994
368-018	Lamington National Park Queensland, Australia	S28 08 45.5 E153 06 50.4	20500 Ha	1994
368-019	Mount Chinghee National Park Queensland, Australia	S28 18 03.5 E152 56 51.6	1110 Ha	1994
368-020	Mount Barney National Park (part) Queensland, Australia	S28 16 49.6 E152 39 36.2	9710 Ha	1994
368-021	Main Range National Park Queensland, Australia	S27 54 07.2 E152 19 08.0	11500 Ha	1994
368-022	Mount Mistake National Park (part) Queensland, Australia		5500 Ha	1994
368-023	Turtle Rock Environmental Park Queensland, Australia		68.816101 Ha	1994
368-024	Telemon Environmental Park Queensland, Australia		146.600006 Ha	1994
368-025	Goomburra State Forest Queensland, Australia		2067 Ha	1994
368-026	Spicers Gap State Forest Queensland, Australia		257 Ha	1994
368-027	Gilbert State Forest Queensland, Australia		84 Ha	1994
368-028	Emu Vale State Forest Queensland, Australia		268 Ha	1994
368-029	Gambubal State Forest Queensland, Australia		2260 Ha	1994
368-030	Teviot State Forest Queensland, Australia		390 Ha	1994
368-031	Killarney State Forest Queensland, Australia		493.700012 Ha	1994
368-032	Burnett Creek State Forest Queensland, Australia		1076 Ha	1994
368-033	Cronan Creek State Forest Queensland, Australia		795 Ha	1994
368-034	'Palen Creek' State Forest Queensland, Australia		326 Ha	1994
368-035	Rabbitt Board Paddock Reserves Queensland, Australia		143.112 Ha	1994
368-036a	Prison Purposes Land Queensland, Australia		48.125 Ha	1994
368-037	Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve New South Wales, Australia		185 Ha	1994
368-038	Mount Clunie Flora Reserve New South Wales, Australia		485 Ha	1994
368-039	Amaroo Flora Reserve New South Wales, Australia		36 Ha	1994
368-040	Fenwicks Scrub Flora Reserve New South Wales, Australia		110 Ha	1994
368-041	Kerripit Beech Flora Reserve New South Wales, Australia		243 Ha	1994

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Documents

Date ↓	Category	Title
1986,1994	Advisory Body Evaluation	Advisory Body Evaluation
1986	Decision	Report of the 10th Session of the Committee
1986	Decision	10COM VIII - Inscription: Australian East Coast Temperate and Sub-Tropical Rain Forest Parks (Australia)
1993	Decision	17COM XI.1 - Extension: Central Eastern Rainforests of Australia (Australia)
1994	Decision	Report of the 18th Session of the Committee
1994	Decision	18COM XI - Extension and Change of Name: Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves - Extension of the Australian East Coast Temperate & Subtropical Rainforest Park (Australia)
2000	Decision	24COM VIII.24 - World Natural Heritage Properties of Australia
2003	Periodic Reporting	(Cycle 1) Section II Summary
2003	Periodic Reporting	(Cycle 1) Section II
2007	Decision	31COM 8B.1 - Changes to names of properties - Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

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What's special

Spectacular waterfalls, lush rainforest, ancient trees, impressive views, exceptional ecological importance and natural beauty make this Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area an outstanding place to visit.