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Adelaide River War Cemetery

Adelaide River War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery on the Stuart Highway at Adelaide River in Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, about 114 kilometres south of Darwin. Established in 1942 to serve the large wartime military hospital and base area, it contains 434 burials including 63 civilians killed in the Bombing of Darwin. Set in manicured lawns with white headstones, Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance, it is a formally maintained memorial to northern Australia's Second World War service personnel.

Coomalie, Northern TerritoryMemorial

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Burke and Wills Camp 119

Burke and Wills Camp 119 is a heritage-listed historic camp site located on the Burke Developmental Road near Normanton in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland. It marks the northernmost camp of the Burke and Wills expedition in February 1861, where the explorers turned back after failing to reach the Gulf of Carpentaria coastline. The site is marked by a cairn and interpretive signage in open savannah near the Little Bynoe River.

Normanton, QueenslandHistoric Site

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Central Mount Stuart Historical Reserve

Central Mount Stuart Historical Reserve is a small protected reserve in the Central Desert Region of the Northern Territory, about 150 km north of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. It preserves Central Mount Stuart, named by explorer John McDouall Stuart on 22 April 1860 and long regarded as the geographical centre of Australia. The reserve is notable for its historic cairn, commemorative plaque and centre-of-Australia monument.

Central Desert, Northern TerritoryHistoric Site

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Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site

The Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site is the heritage-listed ruins of a World War II prisoner of war camp located about 4 km northwest of Cowra in central west New South Wales. Built in 1941, it housed Italian, Japanese, Korean and other prisoners. It is nationally notable as the site of the 1944 Cowra Breakout, the largest prisoner escape in Australia, and is preserved as an open-air interpretive site with foundations, replica guard tower and signage.

Cowra, New South WalesHistoric Site

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Daly Waters Aviation Complex

The Daly Waters Aviation Complex is a heritage-listed aviation precinct at Daly Waters Airfield on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory, about 600 km south of Darwin. Established in the mid-1920s and expanded in 1930 with a Qantas hangar, it was Australia's first international airfield and a key refuelling stop on the London to Australia air route. It later served as an important Royal Australian Air Force base during World War II and retains its historic hangar and associated structures.

Roper Gulf, Northern TerritoryHeritage Site

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Dig Tree

The Dig Tree is a heritage-listed coolibah tree on Cooper Creek at Nappa Merrie Station near Innamincka in far north South Australia. It marks the depot camp of the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61, where William Brahe blazed the tree with the word DIG to indicate buried supplies. The site is a National Heritage-listed reserve commemorating Australian inland exploration.

Far North, South AustraliaHeritage Site

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Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch

The Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch is a historic timber arch located at Eastern View on the Great Ocean Road in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria. Erected to honour World War I servicemen who built the Great Ocean Road between 1919 and 1932, it marks the official gateway to the scenic coastal route. The current arch is a reconstruction after earlier versions were destroyed by bushfire, featuring commemorative plaques, a bronze sculpture and interpretive displays beside the highway.

Surf Coast, VictoriaMemorial

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Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station

Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station is a former NASA satellite tracking station located in Namadgi National Park, about 35 kilometres southwest of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. Operational from 1967 to 1981, it supported the Apollo, Skylab and other missions and famously received and relayed the first television images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon during Apollo 11. Today only concrete foundations, a monument and interpretive displays remain at the bushland site.

Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryHistoric Site

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Iron Blow Lookout

Iron Blow Lookout is a roadside scenic lookout near Gormanston on Tasmania's West Coast, overlooking the historic Iron Blow open-cut mine. Located on the Lyell Highway between Queenstown and Gormanston, it marks the site of Tasmania's first major copper discovery in 1883. The lookout offers views into the large, mineral-stained open cut and surrounding rugged landscape, with interpretive panels explaining the mining history that shaped the region.

West Coast, TasmaniaViewpoint

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Isle of the Dead

The Isle of the Dead is a small island cemetery in Carnarvon Bay off Port Arthur in southeastern Tasmania. Part of the Port Arthur Historic Site and the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage property, it served as the burial ground for the Port Arthur penal settlement from 1833 to 1877. The island contains graves of convicts, military personnel, and free settlers, marked by headstones and unmarked graves, and is accessible only by guided harbour cruise tour.

Port Arthur, TasmaniaHeritage Site

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John Flynn's Grave Historical Reserve

John Flynn's Grave Historical Reserve is a small protected reserve located about 7 km west of Alice Springs on Larapinta Drive, at the foot of Mount Gillen in the West MacDonnell Ranges. It contains the grave of Reverend John Flynn (1880-1951), founder of the Australian Inland Mission and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The grave is marked by a large boulder from Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles and is a significant historic and visitor site.

Alice Springs, Northern TerritoryMemorial

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Lynton Convict Hiring Depot

Lynton Convict Hiring Depot is a heritage-listed convict depot ruin located on the Hutt River near Lynton, about 7 km from Northampton in Western Australia's Mid West. Established in 1853, it was one of several regional hiring depots where convicts were housed and hired to local settlers. The site retains stone ruins, foundations and archaeological remains illustrating Western Australia's convict system.

Northampton, Western AustraliaHeritage Site

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Mount Charlotte Lookout

Mount Charlotte Lookout is a hilltop viewpoint and reservoir site on Mount Charlotte in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Located within the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, it offers panoramic views over the city, surrounding Goldfields and the Fimiston Open Pit (Super Pit). It is notable as the terminus of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and for its reservoir, interpretive displays and sunset views.

Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western AustraliaViewpoint

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Prison Boab Tree

The Prison Boab Tree is a large hollow Australian boab (Adansonia gregorii) located about 7 kilometres south of Derby in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Estimated to be around 1,500 years old with a girth of about 14 metres, it is notable for its massive trunk and hollow interior. Situated beside the Derby Highway, it is a well-known roadside attraction protected by a fence with interpretive signage for visitors.

Derby, Western AustraliaNatural Attraction

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Risdon Cove

Risdon Cove is a historic foreshore reserve on the eastern shore of the River Derwent at Risdon in the City of Clarence, Tasmania. It marks the site of the first British settlement in Van Diemen's Land established in September 1803 by Lieutenant John Bowen. The open reserve features a memorial, interpretive signage, walking track and foreshore with views across the Derwent.

Clarence, TasmaniaHistoric Site

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Stuart's Tree

Stuart's Tree is a heritage-listed landmark on the Stuart Highway near Daly Waters in the Roper Gulf region of the Northern Territory. It marks the site where explorer John McDouall Stuart carved an 'S' into the tree during his successful 1861-1862 south-north crossing of Australia. The tree is fenced and protected with interpretive signage, serving as a roadside historic stop commemorating European exploration and the naming of the Stuart Highway.

Roper Gulf, Northern TerritoryHeritage Site

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The Old Gum Tree

The Old Gum Tree is a heritage-listed river red gum in Old Gum Tree Reserve, Glenelg North, within the City of Holdfast Bay, South Australia. It marks the site where Governor John Hindmarsh proclaimed the establishment of the Government of South Australia on 28 December 1836. The preserved tree, enclosed for protection, is surrounded by lawns, plaques and interpretive signage commemorating the foundation of South Australia.

Holdfast Bay, South AustraliaHeritage Site

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Thunderbolt's Rock

Thunderbolt's Rock is a large granite rock formation on the New England Highway about 7 km south of Uralla in New South Wales. It is known for its association with 19th-century bushranger Frederick Ward, known as Captain Thunderbolt, who reportedly used the rock as a lookout in the 1860s. The site is a popular roadside stop with interpretive signage, offering views over the surrounding New England countryside and insight into local bushranger history.

Uralla, New South WalesHistoric Site

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Tom and Eva Lookout

Tom and Eva Lookout is a coastal cliff-top viewpoint in Port Campbell National Park on Victoria's Great Ocean Road, within Corangamite Shire. It overlooks Loch Ard Gorge and the Southern Ocean and is named for Tom Pearce and Eva Carmichael, the two survivors of the 1878 Loch Ard shipwreck. The lookout features a fenced viewing platform, interpretive signage and panoramic views of the Shipwreck Coast's limestone cliffs and islands.

Corangamite, VictoriaViewpoint

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Wadjemup Lighthouse

Wadjemup Lighthouse is a historic active lighthouse on Wadjemup Hill, the highest point of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, about 19 kilometres off Fremantle. First lit in 1849 and rebuilt in 1896, it is Western Australia's second-oldest lighthouse site and remains an important navigation aid. The limestone tower offers panoramic views over the island, Perth coastline and Indian Ocean, and is a central landmark within the Rottnest Island reserve.

Cockburn, Western AustraliaLighthouse

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Waldheim Chalet

Waldheim Chalet is a historic alpine chalet and museum located in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, within the Kentish local government area. Built in 1912 by Gustav and Kate Weindorfer, it served as their home and guest chalet and was instrumental in the campaign to establish the national park. The reconstructed timber building displays original furnishings and interpretive exhibits about early conservation history.

Kentish, TasmaniaMuseum