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 ⓘ
Lake Mungo ⓘ
linked to: Mungo National Park

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 ⓘ
periodOfSignificance Pleistocene ⓘ
recognizedAs place of outstanding universal value ⓘ
stateParty Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
traditionalOwners Mutthi Mutthi people ⓘ
linked to: Muthi Muthi people

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

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Mungo National Park → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Mungo National Park → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Mulurulu → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Mulurulu → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage property ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Mulurulu → includedIn → Willandra Lakes Region UNESCO World Heritage List inscription ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Garnpung → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Garnpung → partOf → Willandra Lakes chain of lakes ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Garnpung → partOf → Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Arumpo → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Arumpo → partOf → Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Arumpo → partOf → Willandra Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Arumpo → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Property ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Arumpo → partOf → Willandra Lakes chain of relict lakes ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Mungo Lady → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Mungo Lady → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Mungo Lady → associatedWith → Willandra Lakes Aboriginal communities ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Taronga → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Taronga → partOf → Willandra Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Taronga → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Taronga → partOf → Willandra Lakes Pleistocene lake basins ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Mungo Man → discoveredIn → Willandra Lakes region ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Mungo Man → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Mungo Man → returnedTo → Willandra Lakes region ⓘ
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Mungo Man → heritageStatusContext → Willandra Lakes Region UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
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Lake Gol Gol → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Gol Gol → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Gol Gol → isComponentOf → Willandra Lakes palaeolake system ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Leaghur → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Leaghur → partOf → Willandra Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Leaghur → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage property ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Leaghur → partOf → Willandra Lakes geological landscape ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Leaghur → worldHeritageContext → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Chibnalwood → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Chibnalwood → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Chibnalwood → partOf → Willandra Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Chibnalwood → partOf → Willandra Lakes Pleistocene landscape ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Chibnalwood → partOf → Willandra Lakes dry lake chain ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Latanya → locatedIn → Willandra Lakes Region ⓘ
Lake Latanya → partOf → Willandra Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Latanya → partOf → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Latanya → partOf → Willandra Lakes Pleistocene lake basins ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region
Lake Latanya → worldHeritageContext → Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Property ⓘ
linked to: Willandra Lakes Region