MURUJUGA CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE — WORLD HERITAGE LISTING — BURRUP PENINSULA
236. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the Murujuga petroglyphs
on the Burrup Peninsula and their prospective World Heritage listing.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that the site is currently eligible for nomination, despite
Australia's current position on the World Heritage Committee?
(2) Has a nomination
file been completed for Murujuga?
(3) If yes to
(2), has the nomination file been submitted to the World Heritage Centre?
(4) If no to (2)
and/or (3), why not?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The
World Heritage nomination process requires a property to be on the World
Heritage tentative list for at least 12 months before it is considered by the
World Heritage Committee. The Murujuga Cultural Landscape was added to
Australia's World Heritage tentative list on 23 January 2020, Now that
tentative listing has been achieved, preparation of the nomination dossier or
nomination file has begun.
In securing a seat on the World
Heritage Committee in 2017, Australia gave an undertaking not to submit any new
world heritage nominations during its term, which will cease in November 2021.
A nomination dossier for Murujuga can still be prepared during this time and
can be submitted to the World Heritage Centre after November 2021.