Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park

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Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Myponga[1], South Australia
Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityMyponga[1]
Coordinates35°24′41″S 138°26′00″E / 35.411492639°S 138.433354827°E / -35.411492639; 138.433354827[2]
Established1 January 1956 (1956-01-01)[3]
Area8 hectares (20 acres)[3]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park (formerly the Nixon-Skinner National Park Reserve) is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Myponga about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south-west of the town of Myponga.[1][4]

The conservation park consists of land in section 245 in the cadastral unit of the

Main South Road and to the east by the Myponga Reservoir.[1][4]

The conservation park began in 1948 as a gift of “20 acres of scrub land at Myponga for use as a natural history reserve” by Mrs. Lucy Page to the

National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. On 24 February 1980, a plaque was unveiled by David Wotton, the then Environment Minister for South Australia, in the presence of Mrs Page's three surviving daughters to commemorate the donation of the land.[5][6][4][7][8] As of 2016, it covered an area of 8 hectares (20 acres).[3]

In 1980, it was described as follows:

Calyptorhynchus funereus
(yellow-tailed black cockatoo).

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[2] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search results for 'Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Boundaries', 'Hundreds', 'Roads', 'Recreational Trails' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Nixon Skinner Conservation Park, Main South Rd, Myponga, SA, Australia (Place ID 7774)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ^ "MOVE FOR OUTER BELT OF PARKS". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 91, no. 28089. South Australia. 16 October 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Victor Harbour Times
    . Vol. 68, no. 3, 007. South Australia. 27 February 1980. p. 24. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 700. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ^ Walsh, Frank (9 November 1967). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS NAMED" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2043. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

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