Holmes Jungle Nature Park

Last updated

Holmes Jungle Nature Park
Northern Territory
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) [1]
Holmes Jungle Nature Park.jpg
Holmes Jungle Nature Park
Australia Northern Territory location map blank.svg
Red pog.svg
Holmes Jungle Nature Park
Coordinates 12°24′09″S130°55′51″E / 12.402503769°S 130.930972042°E / -12.402503769; 130.930972042 Coordinates: 12°24′09″S130°55′51″E / 12.402503769°S 130.930972042°E / -12.402503769; 130.930972042 [1]
Established20 January 1976 [1]
Area2.51 km2 (1.0 sq mi) [1]
Managing authorities Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
See also Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Holmes Jungle Nature Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia consisting of a small, relatively isolated area of monsoon forest at the edge of northern suburbs of the territorial capital of Darwin. It provided a habitat for a large variety of native birds, mammals and reptiles which are able to breed and find refuge in the thick vegetation. The area of the park is approximately 250 hectares and Pine Creek winds its way through the park to its centre. [2] The creek connects up other waterways of the Shoal Bay area and saltwater crocodiles can always be present. [3] The park provides an interesting field trip for locals, young families and visitors. [4]

Protected area location which receives protection because of its recognised natural, ecological or cultural landscape values

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.

Darwin, Northern Territory City in the Northern Territory, Australia

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia, situated on the Timor Sea. It is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 148,564. It is the smallest, wettest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre.

Once known as "Holtze Jungle" after the Government Gardener Maurice William Holtze who held land in the area, it was renamed "Holmes Jungle" after Felix Holmes, a butcher who once raised cattle in the area. [5]

Maurice William Holtze born in Hanover, Germany, was a botanist who established Darwin's Botanical Gardens in Fannie Bay, Darwin in 1878. When he left to take charge of Adelaide's Botanic Garden in 1891, his son Nicholas was appointed curator of the Darwin Botanical Gardens in his place.

Related Research Articles

Mary River National Park Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia

Mary River National Park is an Australian national park located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east and stretching to the southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory.

The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of 335,527 square kilometres (129,548 sq mi) being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Kakadu National Park Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia

Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.

Litchfield National Park Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia

Litchfield National Park, covering approximately 1500 km2, is near the township of Batchelor, 100 km south-west of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Each year the park attracts over 260,000 visitors.

Scott Creek Conservation Park Protected area in South Australia

Scott Creek Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Dorset Vale about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide.

Litchfield Municipality Local government area in the Northern Territory, Australia

The Litchfield Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the Darwin-Palmerston urban area. The municipality covers an area of 2,914.3 square kilometres (1,125.2 sq mi), and was created by the Northern Territory government on 6 September 1985.

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia

The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of a wetland area approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which is an Important Bird Area.

Coconut Grove, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Coconut Grove is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia within the local government area of City of Darwin.

The Gardens, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ludmilla, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Ludmilla is a northern inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Ludmilla is a predominantly residential suburb and is usually associated with the adjacent inner Darwin suburbs of Parap, Fannie Bay and Stuart Park. The indigenous community of Bagot is located in Ludmilla.

Holtze, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Holtze is a locality of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is 22 km southeast of the Darwin CBD. Its local government area is the Municipality of Litchfield. The locality is mostly a rural area, just north Palmerston. It may have been named for Maurice William Holtze (1840–1923), the botanist who established Darwin's Botanical Gardens, or his son Nicholas, who succeeded him as curator.

Berry Springs, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Berry Springs is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. The locality is a mostly rural area situated on the Cox Peninsula Road and is sparsely populated. A few businesses and a school are located in the locality. In the 2016 census, the population of Berry Springs was 818. It is located 58.5 kilometres (36.4 mi) by road from the Darwin Central Business District and lies within the Litchfield Municipality local government area.

Shoal Bay (Darwin) bay in Northern Territory, Australia

Shoal Bay is a shallow bay lying adjacent to, and north of, the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Encompassing Hope Inlet at its eastern end, it is characterised by extensive areas of intertidal mudflats and mangroves and is an important site for waders, or shorebirds. The bay is situated within the Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve, a protected area that was established in 2000.

Casuarina Coastal Reserve Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia

Casuarina Coastal Reserve is a protected area in the northern area of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Finniss River (Northern Territory)

The Finniss River is a river south of Darwin, running west through Litchfield National Park and flowing into the sea at Fog Bay. The East Branch of the Finniss was heavily polluted during the 1970s due to uranium mining at Rum Jungle mine about 105 km south of Darwin. The Finniss River Land Claim was presented to Judge John Toohey in 1981 but the former Rum Jungle mine site, contained within Area 4 of the Finniss River Land Claim (1981) was excluded from the grant to the Finniss River Land Trust due to the concerns of the Kungarakany and Warai peoples who are joint traditional Aboriginal owners of that area.

Black Jungle Conservation Reserve Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia

The Black Jungle Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia near the territorial capital of Darwin. The rural area of Darwin and its development has a contrasting history to the more southern regions and their rural zones. The development of the rural area around Darwin occurred after 1950 as agricultural ventures were trialed. Prior to this the area was tropical savanna with pockets of monsoon rainforest and melaleuca swamps, unchanged for thousands of years, except by the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land who hunted and gathered and managed the landscape with fire. Black Jungle Conservation Reserve is a part of the Adelaide River Coastal Floodplain system which encompasses Black Jungle and Lambells Lagoon Conservation Reserves, Fogg Dam, Leaning Tree Lagoon Nature Park, Melacca Swamp and Djukbinj National Park. These Reserves encompass a range of wetland types and form part of the internationally significant Adelaide River floodplain.

Holmes, Northern Territory Suburb of City of Darwin , the Northern Territory, Australia

Holmes is a suburb in the Northern Territory of Australia located in Darwin.

Micket Creek, Northern Territory Suburb of Litchfield Municipality, the Northern Territory, Australia

Micket Creek is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.

Daly, Northern Territory Suburb of Litchfield Municipality, the Northern Territory, Australia

Daly is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 51 kilometres (32 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in Northern Territory (2016)". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Holmes Jungle Nature Park" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory . Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Holmes Jungle Nature Park" (PDF). Holmes Jungle Nature Park Saltwater Crocodile Management for Visitor Safety Plan. August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Trip Advisor Australia". Holmes Jungle Nature Park. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Holtze (Locality) Litchfield in "The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area"". Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2015.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.