Willandra Lakes Region

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The Willandra Lakes Region is a World Heritage–listed landscape in southwestern New South Wales renowned for its ancient dry lake systems, rich fossil record, and some of the oldest evidence of human occupation in Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
archaeological site
cultural landscape
fossil site
contains Mungo Lady
Mungo Man
continent Australia
country Australia
earliestHumanOccupation at least 40,000 years ago
environment semi-arid
geologicalFeature ancient dry lake system
lunette dunes
hasPart Lake Arumpo
Lake Chibnalwood
Lake Garnpung
Lake Gol Gol
Lake Latanya
Lake Leaghur
Lake Mulurulu
Mungo National Park
surface form: Lake Mungo

Lake Taronga
Mungo National Park
hasProtectionStatus World Heritage property
national park
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscriptionYear 1981
knownFor Pleistocene megafauna fossils
early human remains
evidence of early cremation practices
long-term human occupation
rich fossil record
locatedIn New South Wales
southwestern New South Wales
managingAuthority New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
nearestTown Balranald
Mildura
partOf Murray–Darling Basin
surface form: Murray-Darling Basin
periodOfSignificance Pleistocene
recognizedAs place of outstanding universal value
stateParty Commonwealth of Australia
traditionalOwners Muthi Muthi people
surface form: Mutthi Mutthi people

Ngiyampaa people
Paakantji people
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory mixed
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii)
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 167

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