Witjira National Park

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Witjira National Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) [1]
Dalhousie Springs in Witjira National Park - steps into the warm water.JPG
Dalhousie Springs in Witjira National Park
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Witjira National Park
Nearest town or city Finke
Coordinates 26°20′20″S135°40′30″E / 26.3388494009999°S 135.675051581°E / -26.3388494009999; 135.675051581 [1]
Established21 November 1985 (1985-11-21) [2]
Area7,726.73 km2 (2,983.3 sq mi) [3]
Visitation15,000 (in 2009) [4]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
Witjira Co-management Board
Website Witjira National Park
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Witjira National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia about 987 kilometres (613 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide. [4]

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Acacia cyperophylla, growing along 3 O'Clock Creek in Witjira National Park Red Mulga.jpg
Acacia cyperophylla , growing along 3 O'Clock Creek in Witjira National Park

History

The national park was proclaimed on 21 November 1985 to "protect Australia’s largest array of artesian springs: the nationally significant Dalhousie Mound Springs complex". [2] [4] In 2007, it became the first protected area in South Australia to have formal joint management arrangements between its traditional owners and the Government of South Australia. [4]

The extent of land occupied by the national park was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Witjira". [5]

On 26 November 2021, the government changed the conditions of the park, to forever exclude mining in the Dalhousie Springs National Heritage Area. [6]

Description

As of 2018, it covered an area of 7,726.73 square kilometres (2,983.31 sq mi). [3]

The national park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. [1] It was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate during or after 1998. [7]

The historic Dalhousie Homestead Ruins, from the former Dalhousie Station, lie within the national park and are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. [8]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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 Hopgood, D.J. (21 November 1985). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: SECTIONS 28 and 43: CONSTITUTION OF WITJIRA NATIONAL PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1544. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Witjira National Park Management Plan 2009" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. May 2009. pp. I, 1 & 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Search result for "Witjira (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067224) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Speirs, David (26 November 2021). "SA now home to Australia's biggest national park". Premier of South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2021. CC-BY icon.svg Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
  7. ↑ "Place ID {{{1}}}". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government . Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dalhousie Homestead Ruins, Witjira National Park". South Australian Heritage Register. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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