Franklin Harbor Conservation Park

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Franklin Harbor Conservation Park
South Australia
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Aerial view of the east coast of Eyre Peninsula near Cowell - the peninsula on the right side is within the conservation park.
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Franklin Harbor Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Cowell. [2]
Coordinates 33°44′39″S136°56′17″E / 33.74417°S 136.93806°E / -33.74417; 136.93806 Coordinates: 33°44′39″S136°56′17″E / 33.74417°S 136.93806°E / -33.74417; 136.93806
Established22 January 1976 [3]
Area13.56 km2 (5.2 sq mi) [4]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Franklin Harbor Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Cowell about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) south of the town centre in Cowell. [2] [5]

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The conservation park consists of land on a peninsula that encloses the south east side of Franklin Harbor and on four islands within Franklin Harbor including Entrance Island. [6] The conservation park occupies land in Sections 258, 259, 260 and 261 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Playford. [3]

The conservation park was proclaimed on 22 January 1976 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . [3] [7] As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of 13.56 square kilometres (5.24 sq mi). [4] Since 2012, the conservation park has been overlapped by the protected area known as the Franklin Harbor Marine Park. [8]

As of 1982, the conservation park was considered to have "significance" for the following reasons: [5]

...(it) preserves an area of mangrove and samphire flats, an association that is markedly depleted in South Australia. The entrance islands ... contain a population of death adders. The islands also provide a safe roosting and feeding site for sea birds.

As of 1982, the flora of the conservation park was described as follows: [5]

Two of the islands and the protected side of the peninsula feature a low woodland of Avicennia marina and a samphire shrubland ( Arthrocnemum spp.). The seaward side of the peninsula features a sandy beach backed by minor areas of open scrubland dominated by boxthorn, with scattered Callitris , Santalum , Leucopogon and Nitraria .

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area. [1] In 1982, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate. [5]

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  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 "Search result for "Franklin Harbor Conservation Park" (Record no SA0024905) with the following layers being selected - "Parcel labels", "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972-1974: FRANKLIN HARBOR CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 259. 22 January 1976. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Franklin Harbour (sic) Conservation Park, Cowell, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6682)". Australian Heritage Database . Department of the Environment. 28 September 1982. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2016 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 12 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Franklin Harbor Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  8. ↑ "Search result for "Franklin Harbor Conservation Park" (Record no SA0040585) with the following data sets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries" and "State Marine Park Network"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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