There are 6 world heritage sites in Queensland. They are the
Australian Fossil Sites at Riversleigh in Gulf Country, Gondwana
Rainforests of Australia, Fraser Island, the Great Barrier Reef,
Lamington National Park and the Wet Tropics of Queensland.
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa , Stonehenge , Easter Island
Statues,The Eiffel Tower,Glasshouse Mountains,The Story Bridge,The
Great Barrier Reef,Shrine of Rememberance,Q1 Tower,The gabba,Fraser
Island,Parliament house,Suncorp Stadium and Riversleigh.
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Riversleigh was gazetted as part of the Lawn Hill National Park
under the Queensland National Park and Wildlife Act 1975 in 1984.
Naracoorte Caves were gazetted in 1917. The Naracoorte Caves
Conservation Park was proclaimed under the South Australia National
Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. The Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994.
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Kangaroos belong to the family known as the macropods.
All macropods are believed to have descended from the animal known as Wabularoo naughtoni.
The Wabularoo naughtoni was a medium sized herbivorous macropod, weighing an estimated 7kg, found in open forest environments of the region now known as Riversleigh in northwestern Queensland.
For many years, it was believed that the ancestor of the modern kangaroo was the Giant short-faced kangaroo, but recent research from the University of Adelaide has proven this was not the case, as there is no genetic link between the Giant short-faced kangaroo and the macropods we now know today.