Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park

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Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park
Bool Lagoon,  South Australia
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) [1]
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Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Naracoorte [2]
Coordinates 37°06′04″S140°43′23″E / 37.101106°S 140.722923°E / -37.101106; 140.722923
Established8 June 1967 [3] [4]
Area2.02 km2 (0.8 sq mi) [5]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
Website Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Bool Lagoon about 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of the municipal seat of Naracoorte. [2]

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The conservation park consists of land in sections 249, 372, 373, 379, 382, and 383 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Robertson. [6] : 1  The land acquired protected area status on 8 June 1967 simultaneously as a fauna reserve declared under the Fauna Conservation Act, 1964–1965 and as a Fauna Conservation Reserve under the Crown Lands Act, 1929–1967 along with land in sections 223 and 224. [3] [4] On 27 April 1972, land in section 249 was reconstituted as the Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . [7] In 1985, the area covered by both the conservation park and the adjoining Bool Lagoon Game Reserve was added under the name "Bool and Hacks Lagoons" to the List of Wetlands of International Importance maintained by the Ramsar Convention. [6] : 1  [8] Land in sections 373, 379, 382 and 383 was added to the conservation park on 27 August 1992. [9]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category IV protected area. [1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate. [10]

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References

  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 results for 'Hacks Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 Walsh, Frank (8 June 1967). "Fauna Conservation Act, 1964-1965: Hundred of Robertson—fauna Reserve Declared" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1746. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 Walsh, Frank (8 June 1967). "Crown Lands Act, 1929-1967: Hundred of Robertson—fauna Conservation Reserve Dedicated" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1746. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Bool Lagoon Game Reserve and Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park Management and Ramsar Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2006. pp. iii, 1, 2, 5 & 9. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 703. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bool and Hacks Lagoons". Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Belvins, F.T. (27 August 1992). "National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Section 29 (3): Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park- Alteration of Boundaries" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 930. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park, Naracoorte, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 8009)". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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