Furner Conservation Park
| Furner Conservation Park South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Furner Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Millicent[2] |
| Coordinates | 37°22′26″S 140°15′53″E / 37.3740°S 140.2647°E[1] |
| Established | 22 November 1973[3] |
| Area | 289 hectares (710 acres)[3] |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Furner Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Furner about 310 kilometres (190 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 27 kilometres (17 mi) north west of the municipal seat of Millicent.[2][4]
The conservation park occupies land in section 245 of the cadastral unit of the
In 1980, the conservation park's listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate argued it to be significant because it was a “relatively undisturbed remnant of open forest and woodland representing the vegetation associations of both consolidated dune and interdunal flat” and “features a picturesque understorey of some diversity which provides much needed habitat for a typical south-east South Australian forest fauna.”[4]
In 1990, the conservation park was described as consisting of "a gently undulating sandy rise with bleached sands and a yellow-grey B horizon" with "secondary landforms are parallel stony rises with exposed
In 1990, the conservation park was "mainly used by field naturalist" and it was considered to have "potential" for use as an educational resource by the Kangaroo Inn Area School located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north-west in the locality of Kangaroo Inn.[2][6]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Search results for 'Furner Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads', 'Schools' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Furner Conservation Park, Millicent, SA, Australia (Place ID 8139)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 22 February 2018.
- ^ Kneebone, A. F. (22 November 1973). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: FURNER CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2967. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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