Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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The functions of identifying and conserving Australia’s national heritage are shared between all levels of government. The Register of the National Estate, maintained by the Australian Heritage Council, is a listing of those places of Australia’s Indigenous, historic and natural heritage that have special value for present and future generations. Listing on the Register alerts planners, decision makers, researchers and the general community to the heritage value of these places.

As of January 2007:

• 11.7% of places on the National Register were in Tasmania; and
• historic heritage sites accounted for 78.6% of all sites in Tasmania.

THE REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE - January 2007 (a)
		Indigenous	Historic	Natural	Total
State/Territory		no.	no.	no.	no.
NSW		221	3,137	488	3846
Vic.		111	2,431	254	2,796
Qld		155	739	324	1,218
SA		153	1,204	391	1,748
WA		74	972	285	1,331
Tas.		66	1,210	263	1,539
NT		107	157	68	332
ACT		30	193	30	253
External Territories		-	42	24	66
Total		917	10,085	2,127	13,129
- nil (a) Does not include those on the Interim List. Source: Australian Heritage Commission.