Environment Minister Greg Hunt made the announcement while visiting the property on Tuesday with Gilmore MP Ann Sudmalis.

The property’s listing acknowledges its significance to the nation.

The heritage list recognises places that have played an important role in Australia’s development as a nation, and are often tourist attractions that support the local economy and jobs.

“As a Minister, I have often enjoyed looking at the Great Hall Tapestry in Parliament House. Not everyone knows that the tapestry was designed by Arthur Boyd and depicts the Shoalhaven landscape,” Minister Hunt said.

“This announcement formally recognised the significant part played by the Shoalhaven region in Australia’s cultural heritage.”

Bundanon became a key inspiration for Arthur Boyd in the later periods of his work when his paintings depicted a distinctly Australian landscape.

The 1100 hectare Bundanon and Riversdale properties were given to the nation by the Boyds in 1993 and are one of the most significant acts of philanthropy in the history of arts in Australia.

The Bundanon Trust has preserved the cultural, artistic and natural values of the properties.

Mr Hunt also announced a re-elected Turnbull Government would deliver a fifth Green Army project in the region.

Bundanon has already hosted two Green Army teams which have carried out out reforestation and targeted revegetation of key native plant species, and is due to host two more in the coming months.

Future Green Army projects in the the region will include -

Protect and renew Seven Mile Beach and Comerong Island National Park’s Littoral Rainforest, Shoalhaven River and areas near Bundanon Trust Riversdale.

Work to protect local threatened species including Australasian Bitterns, Green and Golden Bell Frog, Greater Gliders, and the Swift Parrot.

Restore natural habitat areas through the removal of environmental weeds and invasive species and replacing with native species.