Winners of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area photo competition were announced in February 2020.

Riversleigh provides an enormous amount of new knowledge about the evolution of Australia’s unique animals, and photo submissions have showcased this important site from different perspectives.

A winner was selected from the three categories—Outback landscapes, Fossil treasures, Riversleigh folk— and two runners up were selected for the Outback Landscapes and Riversleigh Folk categories.

Winners and runners up

Category 1: Outback landscapes

• Winner: Inland sea
• Second: A Wedge Tail’s view
• Third: Prospecting in the remote area

Category 2: Fossil treasures

• Winner: Leg up

Category 3: Riversleigh folk

• Winner: Riversleigh D site in 1989
• Second: Damn and blast
• Third: Since I was 9