Eba Island Conservation Park

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Eba Island Conservation Park
South Australia
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Eba Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Streaky Bay
Coordinates 32°40′40.5″S134°16′07.1″E / 32.677917°S 134.268639°E / -32.677917; 134.268639 Coordinates: 32°40′40.5″S134°16′07.1″E / 32.677917°S 134.268639°E / -32.677917; 134.268639
Established8 December 1966 (1966-12-08) [2]
Area134 hectares (330 acres) [2]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Eba Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. It comprises 134 hectares (330 acres) of land, proclaimed in 1972 to conserve island habitat within Streaky Bay and sea bird breeding colonies. Eba Island is located 700 metres (2,300 feet) offshore and 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) south of Perlubie Hill. It is entirely composed of calcarenite, often overlaid with a limestone capping. [2] [3]

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Nomenclature

Eba Island may have been named after a clerk in the South Australian Department of Lands or after an acquaintance of Governor MacDonnell. [3]

Geography

On the south-western, more exposed flanks of the island, waves have undercut the wall and carved blowholes, scalloped ridges and blades of jagged rock into the limestone. On the better-protected northern sides the calcarenite bed is softened by sandy coves, with rock appearing through as headlands. [3]

Flora and fauna

Creeping Boobialla (Myoporum parvifolium) is found on Eba Island and is listed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 as Rare. The island is also infested with the introduced African Boxthorn. Red fox tracks have been found on Eba Island. A connecting sandbar at low tide allows terrestrial animals to cross from the mainland to the island.

A species list of flora and fauna can be found in the Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan. [3]

History

The island was once used for agriculture. An abandoned house and several broken fence lines are testaments to the endeavor's failure. Native vegetation is slowly reclaiming the cleared grasslands. The island was proclaimed a Fauna Reserve in 1966. [3] Eba Island conservation park was constituted by statute in 1972 and is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area. [1]

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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 3 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan. Adelaide, South Australia: Department of Environment & Heritage. 2006. ISBN   1 921238 18 6.
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