Kakadu National Park

World Heritage

Australia

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This unique archaeological and ethnographic reserve, located in the Northern Territory, has been inhabited continuously for over 40,000 years. Cave paintings, rock engravings and archaeological sites record the skills and lifestyles of the people who inhabited the area, from prehistoric hunter-gatherers to the Aboriginal people who still live there. It is an example of a unique complex of ecosystems, including tidal flats, floodplains, lowlands and plateaus, providing habitat for a variety of rare or endemic plant and animal species.