Conservation reserves of South Australia is a class of protected area used in the Australian state of South Australia where crown land under the control of the responsible minister has been dedicated for conservation purposes. This class of protected area has been in use as early as 1985. In 2016 there were 15 conservation reserves that covered an area of 194.7 square kilometres (75.1 sq mi). As of March 2022 [update] the number had increased to 16 conservation reserves covering 193.6 square kilometres (74.73 sq mi) or less than 1% of South Australia's land area. [1]
In South Australia, a conservation reserve is a class of protected area concerned with "(crown) land set aside for conservation of natural and cultural features under the Crown Land Management Act 2009" and its predecessor, the Crown Lands Act 1929. This class of protected area has been in use since at least 1985. [2] [3] [4]
Conservation reserves only concerns land under the control of the responsible government minister and which has been dedicated for conservation purposes. [5] [6]
Declaration of a parcel of crown land as a conservation reserve can be an interim step towards declaration as a reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . [7]
As of 2016 [update] , conservation reserves are managed by the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. [3]
As of June 2016 [update] , reserves declared under the Crown Land Management Act 2009 totalled fifteen with a total area of 194.71 km2 (75.18 sq mi) or less than 0.1% of South Australia's area. [8] As of 2014 [update] , all fifteen declared conservation reserve reserves have been classified as IUCN Category VI protected areas. [9]
As of December 2016 [update] , the following conservation reserves were listed by the Government of South Australia. [10]
Bernouilli Conservation Reserve ( 36°58′21″S139°41′09″E / 36.972430°S 139.685770°E ) was established on 11 November 1993. It is located on 265 hectares (650 acres) of land in the locality of Cape Jaffa in the state's Limestone Coast. [4] [10] [11]
Buckleboo Conservation Reserve ( 32°54′53″S136°12′52″E / 32.9148°S 136.2144°E ) was established on 13 September 1990. It is located on 281 hectares (690 acres) of land in the locality of Buckleboo in the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from the "former town of Buckleboo." [10] [12]
Bunbury Conservation Reserve ( 36°08′32″S139°57′33″E / 36.1422°S 139.959160°E ) was established on 11 September 1993. It is located on 1,945 hectares (4,810 acres) of land in the locality of Bunbury in the state's Murray and Mallee region. [4] [10] [13]
Bunkers Conservation Reserve ( 31°23′55″S138°50′14″E / 31.3986°S 138.8373°E ) was established on 27 March 2001. It is located on 14,062 hectares (34,750 acres) of land in the locality of Flinders Ranges in the mountain range of the same name in the state's Far North region. Its name is derived from the Bunker Range. The crown land was placed under "the care, control and management of the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby Association Incorporated, subject to the various conditions as stipulated in the Memorandum of Agreement signed on 28 December 2000, between the Minister for Environment and Heritage and the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby Association Incorporated." [10] [14] [15]
Cortlinye Conservation Reserve ( 33°03′16″S136°19′26″E / 33.054510°S 136.323990°E ) was established on 12 November 1987. It is located on 208 hectares (510 acres) of land in the locality of Cortlinye on the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from the land's previous tenure as the Cortlinye Water Conservation Reserve. [10] [16]
Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve ( 35°21′18″S138°44′15″E / 35.3551°S 138.7375°E ) was established on 11 November 1993. It is located on 21 hectares (52 acres) of land in the locality of Tooperang. Its name is derived from its proximity to the Cox Scrub Conservation Park. [4] [10] [17]
Cunyarie Conservation Reserve ( 32°56′48″S136°16′15″E / 32.946590°S 136.270850°E ) was established on 11 November 1985. It is located on 94 hectares (230 acres) of land in the locality of Cunyarie on the Eyre Peninsula. [2] [10]
Desert Camp Conservation Reserve ( 36°28′30″S140°22′55″E / 36.475090°S 140.381830°E ) was established on 11 November 1993. It is located on 882 hectares (2,180 acres) of land in the locality of Marcollat on the state's Limestone Coast about 65 kilometres (40 mi) north west of Naracoorte. Its name is derived from its proximity to the Desert Camp Conservation Park. [4] [10] [18] [19]
Hardings Springs Conservation Reserve ( 36°03′54″S140°43′55″E / 36.064960°S 140.731920°E ) was established on 24 April 1997. It is located on 7 hectares (17 acres) of land in the locality of Sherwood on the state's Limestone Coast. [10] [20]
Lacroma Conservation Reserve ( 33°16′10″S136°16′50″E / 33.269550°S 136.280440°E ) was established on 14 April 1988. It is located on 45 hectares (110 acres) of land in the locality of Solomon on the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from the Lacroma Water Conservation Reserve which was located on some "adjacent" land. [10] [21]
Moongi Conservation Reserve ( 32°53′22″S136°09′05″E / 32.889550°S 136.151350°E ) was established on 13 September 1990. It is located on 232 hectares (570 acres) of land in the locality of Buckleboo on the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from its proximity to "the former town of Moongi." [10] [22]
Mootra Conservation Reserve ( 33°02′52″S136°25′43″E / 33.047820°S 136.428580°E ) was established on 2 March 1989. It is located on 949 hectares (2,350 acres) of land in the localities of Moseley and Cortlinye on the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from the previous use of the land as the Mootra Water Conservation Reserve. [10] [23]
Pinkawillinie Reservoir Conservation Reserve ( 32°57′33″S136°07′49″E / 32.95918322°S 136.13018525°E ) was established on 14 May 1987. It is located on 279 hectares (690 acres) of land in the locality of Pinkawillinie. Its name is derived from the previous use of the land as the Pinkawillinie Water Conservation Reserve. An earlier proposal to use ‘Pinkawillinie’ as the name of the conservation reserve was not accepted by Geographical Names Board due to "possible confusion with the Pinkawillinie Conservation Park proclaimed under the National Parks & Wildlife Act ." The name was subsequently approved by the board in 1988. [10] [24]
Poolgarra Conservation Reserve ( 33°17′52″S136°05′10″E / 33.297770°S 136.086130°E ) was established on 28 January 1988. It is located on 170 hectares (420 acres) of land in the locality of Caralue on the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from the previous use of the land as the Poolgara Water Conservation Reserve. [10] [25]
Tola Conservation Reserve ( 33°07′38″S136°18′54″E / 33.1272°S 136.3151°E ) was established on 28 January 1988. It is located on 30 hectares (74 acres) of land in the locality of Solomon on the Eyre Peninsula. Its name is derived from the Tola Tank Water Conservation Reserve because its land holding consists of part of the land used for the water conservation reserve. [10] [26]
The following is a list of former conservation reserves dedicated under the former Crown Lands Act 1929 and which either have been added to existing protected areas or proclaimed as new protected areas constituted under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.
Reserve | Dedicated | Ceased | Fate |
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Barwell | 11 November 1993 | 22 March 2007 | Added to Barwell Conservation Park [4] [27] |
Bascombe Well | 11 November 1993 | 22 March 2007 | Added to Bascombe Well Conservation Park [4] [27] |
Big Heath | 9 December 1993 | 16 September 2010 | Added to Big Heath Conservation Park [28] [29] |
Caralue Bluff | 9 December 1993 | 6 September 2012 | Proclaimed Caralue Bluff Conservation Park [30] [31] |
Cocata | 11 November 1993 | 20 August 2009 | Proclaimed Cocata Conservation Park [4] [32] |
Coffin Bay | 11 November 1993 | 20 August 2009 | Abolished on 21 May 1998 and added to the Coffin Bay National Park on 17 June 1999. [33] [34] |
Ediacara | 11 November 1993 | Unknown | Proclaimed Ediacara Conservation Park [4] [35] |
Gawler Ranges | 11 November 1993 | 6 September 2012 | Proclaimed Gawler Ranges Conservation Park [4] [36] |
Heggaton | 11 November 1993 | 6 September 2012 | Proclaimed Heggaton Conservation Park [4] [37] |
Hincks | 11 November 1993 | 30 September 2004 | Added to Hincks Conservation Park [4] [38] |
Kulliparu | 11 November 1993 | 20 August 2009 | Proclaimed Kulliparu Conservation Park [4] [39] |
Lake Gilles | 9 December 1994 | 5 August 2010 | Added to Lake Gilles Conservation Park [40] |
Laura Bay | 11 November 1993 | 10 July 2014 | Added to Laura Bay Conservation Park [4] [41] |
Lincoln | 11 November 1993 | 7 December 2006 | Proclaimed Lincoln Conservation Park [4] [42] |
Malgra | 20 October 1988 | 11 November 2010 | Proclaimed Malgra Conservation Park [10] [43] [44] |
Munyaroo | 11 November 1993 | 20 August 2009 | Added to Munyaroo Conservation Park [4] [45] |
Murrunatta | 11 November 1993 | 7 December 2006 | Added to Murrunatta Conservation Park [4] [46] |
Peachna | 11 November 1993 | 22 March 2007 | Proclaimed Peachna Conservation Park [4] [27] [47] |
Pinkawillinie | 11 November 1993 | 21 November 2002 | Added to Pinkawillinie Conservation Park [4] [48] |
Point Bell | 11 November 1993 | 29 June 2006 | Added to Point Bell Conservation Park [4] [49] |
Pureba | 11 November 1993 | 29 June 2006 | Added to Pureba Conservation Park [4] [50] |
Shannon | 2 September 1993 | 2007 | Proclaimed Shannon Conservation Park [27] [51] |
Sheoak Hill | 11 November 1993 | 6 September 2012 | Added to Sheoak Hill Conservation Park [4] [52] |
Simpson | 29 Septembver 1986 | 5 August 2010 | Proclaimed Simpson Conservation Park [53] [54] |
The Plug Range | 11 November 1993 | 6 September 2012 | Proclaimed The Plug Range Conservation Park [4] [55] |
Wahgunyah | 11 November 1993 | 21 April 2011 | Proclaimed Wahgunyah Conservation Park [4] [56] |
Wanilla Land Settlement | 14 November 1985 | 7 December 2006 | Proclaimed Wanilla Land Settlement Conservation Park [57] |
Woakwine | 11 November 1993 | 16 September 2010 | Proclaimed Woakwine Conservation Park [4] [58] |
Yumbarra | 11 November 1993 | 29 June 2006 | The land in the Hundred of O'Loughlin was added to the Yumbarra Conservation Park, and the land described as “section 79, Out of Hundreds (Fowler)” was proclaimed the Boondina Conservation Park [4] [59] [60] [61] |
Other places in South Australia whose names include the words "conservation reserve" include:
Lake Gilles Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the north of the Eyre Peninsula about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Kimba in the gazetted locality of Lake Gilles.
Point Bell Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. Located in the gazetted locality of Penong, it is in the west of the state on the coastline of the Great Australian Bight, on land including and adjoining the headland of Point Bell. It is about 52 kilometres west of the town of Ceduna.
Laura Bay Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula adjoining the headland of Laura Bay Point in the gazetted locality of Laura Bay about 20 kilometres south east of the town of Ceduna.
Simpson Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Porkys Flat on Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about 13 kilometres south of Penneshaw. The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2010 over crown land previously dedicated as a conservation reserve in 1986. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.
Hambidge Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Hambidge about 140 kilometres north of Port Lincoln and 15 kilometres north east of Lock.
Gawler Ranges is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Eyre Peninsula about 380 kilometres north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 48 kilometres north of the town centre of Wudinna and which is associated with the protected area known as the Gawler Ranges National Park.
The Plug Range Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Miltalie about 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Cowell.
Sheoak Hill Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Miltalie about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of Cowell.
Carappee Hill Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Darke Peak about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north-east of the town centre in Darke Peak.
Caralue Bluff Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Caralue about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of the town centre in Kimba.
Kulliparu Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted localities of Colley, Karcultaby, Mount Cooper and Mount Damper about 59 kilometres (37 mi) west of the town centre in Kyancutta.
Cocata Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted localities of Cocata and Warramboo about 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of the town centre in Kyancutta.
Wanilla Land Settlement Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Wanilla on the southern side of the Wanilla town centre.
Mullinger Swamp Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east in the gazetted locality of Kybybolite on the border with the state of Victoria about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Naracoorte.
Corrobinnie Hill Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Pinkawillinie about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of the town centre in Kyancutta.
Kathai Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Duck Ponds about 5 kilometres south-west of Port Lincoln.
Boondina Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the west of the state in the gazetted locality of Yellabinna about 38 kilometres (24 mi) north-east of the town centre in Fowlers Bay.
Custon Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's Limestone Coast in the gazetted locality of Custon about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the town centre in Wolseley and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the municipal seat of Bordertown.
County of Buxton is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land located in the centre of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed in 1896 and named after Thomas Buxton who was the Governor of South Australia from 29 October 1895 to 29 March 1899. It has been divided into thirteen sub-divisions known as hundreds, with the most recent being created in 1928.
Pureba Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the west of the state in the gazetted locality of Pureba about 74 kilometres (46 mi) east of the town centre in Ceduna.
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