Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park

Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature) [1]
Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Lucindale [2]
Coordinates	36°56′03″S140°17′44″E / 36.9342662399999°S 140.29551587°E / -36.9342662399999; 140.29551587 [1] /
Established	20 March 2008 (2008-03-20) [3]
Area	41 hectares (100 acres) [4]
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Water
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Lucindale about 270 kilometres (170 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of the town of Lucindale. ^[2]

The conservation park consists of land described as “Allotment 1 of Filed Plan 18259” and which is located in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Townsend. It came into existence on 20 March 2008 by proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . The name which was approved on 17 July 2006 is derived from two nearby places – the Vivigani Sanctuary which is a private protected area declared under the above-mentioned act in 1974 and which occupies adjoining land to the conservation park's west, the south and the east, and the Ardune Range, a geographical feature. As of 2016, it covered an area of 41 hectares (100 acres). ^{[2] [5] [3] [4]}

In 2008, the conservation park was described by Gail Gago, the then Minister for Environment and Conservation as follows: ^[6]

Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park is well covered in intact native vegetation and provides an important link between other properties managed for conservation. The land contains regionally threatened vegetation associations (dryland tea-tree woodland and tussock grassland), regionally threatened flora (Blue Devil), and fauna of conservation significance, including the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, the Little Lorikeet, the Diamond Firetail, and the Red-necked Wallaby.

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. ^[1]

See also

• Protected areas of South Australia

References

1. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. "Search results for 'Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads', 'Recreational Trails' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
3. "National Parks and Wildlife (Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park) Proclamation 2008". South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 20 March 2008. p. 1071. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
4. "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
5. "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972, Declaration of Sanctuary" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 7 March 1974. p. 857. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
6. "HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Wednesday 2 July 2008, ESTIMATES COMMITTEE B". South Australian Parliament. South Australian Government. 2 July 2008. p. 327. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

External links

• Vivigani Ardune Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website