Seddon Conservation Park

Last updated October 11, 2025

Seddon Conservation Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)^[1]
Seddon Conservation Park
Location	South Australia
Nearest city	Parndana
Coordinates	35°50′00″S137°16′25″E / 35.83333°S 137.27361°E / -35.83333; 137.27361
Area	22 ha (54 acres)^[2]
Established	21 January 1971^[3]
Governing body	Department for Environment and Water

Seddon Conservation Park is a protected area in South Australia located on Kangaroo Island. It was dedicated in 1971 to protect a representative sample of the lateritic plateau vegetation of the central part of the island.^[4]

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Description

The conservation park has an area of 23 ha (57 acres) and is located in the locality of Seddon about 5.5 km (3.4 mi) south of the town of Parndana and 40 km (25 mi) south-west of Kingscote.^[5] The Eleanor River flows through the conservation park. The vegetation is mainly a woodland association of Eucalyptus leucoxylon and E. fasciculosa , with open shrubland of E. cosmophylla and E. baxteri over Allocasuarina muelleriana , Xanthorrhoea tateana and Melaleuca uncinata .^[4] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.^[1]

References

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.
↑ "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
↑ Shard, A.J. (21 January 1971). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 186–187. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
1 2 Anon (1987). Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia. ISBN 0-7243-8983-0.
↑ "Search result for "Seddon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058090 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

External links

Seddon Conservation Park webpage on protected planet

Kangaroo Island

Major townships

Beaches

Coastal features

Western end of island	Cape Borda Cape du Couedic Cape Gantheaume D'Estrees Bay Fides Bluff Maupertuis Bay Nepean Bay Pelican Lagoon Point Marsden Ravine des Casoars Stokes Bay Vivonne Bay
Dudley Peninsula	Cape St Albans Cape Willoughby Kangaroo Head Moncrieff Bay Pink Bay

Protected areas

National parks	Flinders Chase
Conservation parks	Baudin Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Cygnet Estuary Dudley Kelly Hill Lashmar Lathami Lesueur Mount Taylor Nepean Bay Parndana Pelican Lagoon Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Vivonne Bay
Marine parks	Encounter Western Kangaroo Island Southern Kangaroo Island
Wilderness Protection Areas	Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Ravine des Casoars Western River

Islands adjacent to Kangaroo Island coast

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Seddon Conservation Park

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