Althorpe Islands Conservation Park

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Althorpe Islands Conservation Park
South Australia
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Althorpe Islands
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Althorpe Islands Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Stenhouse Bay
Coordinates 35°21′57.4632″S136°51′58.7412″E / 35.365962000°S 136.866317000°E / -35.365962000; 136.866317000 Coordinates: 35°21′57.4632″S136°51′58.7412″E / 35.365962000°S 136.866317000°E / -35.365962000; 136.866317000
Established16 March 1967 [2]
Area1.63 km2 (0.6 sq mi) [2]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Althorpe Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying the Althorpe Island, Haystack Island and Seal Island in Investigator Strait near the town of Stenhouse Bay.

The conservation park consists of the following land collectively known as the Althorpe Islands - Althorpe, Haystack and Seal Islands. [3] : 1  Haystack and Seal Islands first acquired protected area status as a fauna conservation reserve declared on 16 March 1967 under the Crown Lands Act, 1929-1966. [4] On 27 April 1972, the fauna conservation reserve was reconstituted as the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . [5] On 14 August 1997, Althorpe Island was added to the conservation park. [6]

The purpose of the conservation park is "to protect important wildlife habitat, particularly for sea-bird populations." [3]

It is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area. [1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. p. 7. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 Management Plan - Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment & Heritage. 2009. pp. 1, 2 & 4. ISBN   978-1-921466-76-2.
  4. ↑ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 16 March 1967. pp. 961–962. Retrieved 16 March 2020. Althorpe Islands, exclusive of the eastern island, being sections 13 and 61, South of Hundreds, acquired by the Commonwealth of Australia.
  5. ↑ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 703. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 16 March 2020. Althorpe Islands (excluding Section 13 and 61, South out of Hundreds)
  6. ↑ Laidlaw, Diana (14 August 1997). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 PART 3: ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES OF RESERVES" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 336. Retrieved 16 March 2020. Sections 13 and 61, Out of Hundreds (Althorpe Isles)
  7. ↑ "Althorpe Islands Conservation Park, Marion Bay,(sic) SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6891)". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 16 March 2020.


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