There are many heritage lists (e.g. World Heritage, state heritage, local government, National Trust and Indigenous community heritage lists), with varying criteria and laws and regulations to protect heritage places. The Register of the National Estate, compiled by the Australian Heritage Commission, is a nation-wide heritage list that encompasses natural, Indigenous and historic places.
At 18 June 2003, the Hobart local government area had the highest number of places listed on the Register of the National Estate of any local government area in the state (279 of which 275 were historic listings). Northern Midlands followed with 247 listings, of which 233 were historic.
Circular Head and Central Highlands had the highest number of Indigenous heritage listings in Tasmania (each with 11). West Coast had the highest number of natural listings (28), followed by Finders (27), and Central Highlands and Huon Valley (each with 24).
REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE, Tasmanian listings - as at 18 June 2003
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| | Indigenous | Historic | Natural | Total |
| | | | |
Local government area(a) | no. | no. | no. | no. |
|
Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | |
| Brighton | 1 | 13 | 2 | 16 |
| Central Highlands | 11 | 46 | 24 | 81 |
| Clarence | 3 | 81 | 6 | 96 |
| Derwent Valley | - | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 6 | 38 | 15 | 59 |
| Glenorchy | - | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| Hobart | - | 275 | 4 | 279 |
| Huon Valley | 1 | 5 | 24 | 30 |
| Kingborough | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| Sorell | - | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Southern Midlands | 3 | 66 | 5 | 74 |
| Tasman | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
|
| | | | |
Northern | | | | |
| Break O’Day | 5 | 24 | 16 | 45 |
| Dorset | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| Flinders | 2 | 8 | 27 | 37 |
| George Town | 2 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| Launceston | - | 177 | 4 | 181 |
| Meander Valley | 1 | 92 | 18 | 111 |
| Northern Midlands | 3 | 233 | 11 | 247 |
| West Tamar | - | 8 | 7 | 15 |
|
| | | | |
Mersey-Lyell | | | | |
| Burnie | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Central Coast | - | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Circular Head | 11 | 19 | 22 | 52 |
| Devonport | - | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kentish | - | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| King Island | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Latrobe | - | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | - | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| West Coast | 2 | 21 | 28 | 51 |
|
Tasmania | 66 | 1,209 | 263 | 1,538 |
|
- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Many heritage sites fall into more than one local government area.
Source: Australian Heritage Commission (AHC), Register of the National Estate database (available on the AHC web site). |