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The place has<br />

outstanding<br />

heritage value to<br />

the nation<br />

because <strong>of</strong> the<br />

place's<br />

importance in<br />

demonstrating a<br />

high degree <strong>of</strong><br />

creative or<br />

technical<br />

achievement at a<br />

particular<br />

period.<br />

Windjana Gorge National Park<br />

Particular aesthetic characteristics <strong>of</strong> Windjana Gorge National Park valued<br />

by the Australian community include the narrow gorge <strong>of</strong> the Lennard River,<br />

the colourful cliffs <strong>of</strong> the gorge and the fossil decoration on the gorge walls.<br />

Windjana Gorge National Park has outstanding heritage value to the<br />

nation under criterion (e) for its aesthetic characteristics valued by the<br />

Australian community.<br />

King Leopold Ranges Conservation Park<br />

Particular aesthetic characteristics <strong>of</strong> the King Leopold Ranges Conservation<br />

Park valued by the Australian community include the Lennard River Gorge,<br />

Bells Gorge, the rugged mountain ranges, the fault lines and twisted<br />

topography, spectacular gorges, waterfalls, rock pools and their fringing<br />

vegetation.<br />

The King Leopold Ranges Conservation Park has outstanding heritage<br />

value to the nation under criterion (e) for its aesthetic characteristics<br />

valued by the Australian community.<br />

The aesthetic value <strong>of</strong> rock art<br />

The stunning painted images <strong>of</strong> Creation Beings, ancestors, plants and<br />

animals in rock shelters in the west Kimberley, including the powerful<br />

Wanjina and intriguing Gwion Gwion/Girrigirro figures, are considered<br />

amongst the most spectacular examples <strong>of</strong> 'rock art' in the world (Flood<br />

1990, 70). Highly valued by non-Aboriginal people for their aesthetic values,<br />

these images are both powerful and <strong>of</strong> deep religious significance to<br />

Kimberley Aboriginal people.<br />

Aboriginal rock art paintings in the west Kimberley, particularly in the<br />

Wanjina-Wunggurr homeland the Balanggarra native title claim area and<br />

the Devonian reef, are both powerful and <strong>of</strong> deep religious significance to<br />

Kimberley Aboriginal people and have outstanding heritage value to the<br />

nation under criterion (e) as they represent a stunning visual record <strong>of</strong> an<br />

ongoing Aboriginal painting tradition in a substantially unmodified<br />

landscape.<br />

Design and innovation<br />

Painted rock images<br />

The painted images found in rock shelters and caves across the Wanjina-<br />

Wunggurr homeland, the Balanggarra native title claim area and in the<br />

limestone ranges <strong>of</strong> the Devonian reef provide an exceptional record <strong>of</strong><br />

painted rock art that is extraordinarily diverse and technically very detailed.<br />

Considered one <strong>of</strong> the longest and most complex painted 'rock art'<br />

sequences anywhere in the world, (Morwood 2002, 143) the west<br />

Kimberley complex <strong>of</strong> painted images is a creative achievement by<br />

Kimberley Aboriginal people that has outstanding heritage value to the<br />

nation under criterion (f).<br />

Sacred Heart church, Beagle Bay mission<br />

Built in a remote location from locally sourced material, the Sacred Heart<br />

church at Beagle Bay mission is a testimony to the ingenuity and<br />

resourcefulness <strong>of</strong> the Pallottine brothers and the Aboriginal residents <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mission who built and decorated it. The use <strong>of</strong> pearl shell and other media to<br />

Above<br />

threshold<br />

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