Cape York Areas Make World Heritage Tentative List

Cape York Areas Make World Heritage Tentative List
Indigenous Australian rock art in a cave in Laura, Australia, on June 19, 2011. Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
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Another Australian site may be in the mix for World Heritage status after a campaign was launched for parts of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.

Queensland Premier Steven Miles confirmed areas of the cape in the far north had been nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list, describing it as a “monumental” step.