Padthaway Conservation Park
| Padthaway Conservation Park South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Padthaway Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Padthaway[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°35′28″S 140°31′45″E / 36.591065285°S 140.529098338°E[1] |
| Established | 18 March 1971[3] |
| Area | 9.81 km2 (3.8 sq mi)[4] |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| Website | Padthaway Conservation Park |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Padthaway Conservation Park (formerly the Padthaway National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east in the gazetted locality of Padthaway about 253 kilometres (157 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-east of the locality's town centre.[5][2]
The conservation park occupies land in section 136 in the cadastral unit of the
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[5][2] As of March 2018, it covered an area of 9.81 square kilometres (3.79 sq mi).[4]
In 1992, vegetation within the conservation park was described as consisting of two
vegetation associations, i.e. a woodland of South Australian blue gum and rough barked manna gum and a low open forest dominated by brown stringybark, and two sub-associations, i.e. an open/low open woodland of South Australian blue gum and pink gum and open woodland of slaty sheoak.[5]
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The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1] In 1980, the conservation park was listed on the former Register of the National Estate.[6]
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 'Padthaway Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', NPW and Conservation Properties' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Broomhill, G.R. (18 March 1971). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF PARSONS—NATIONAL PARK DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1142. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7308-2665-1
- ^ "Padthaway Conservation Park – listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 8127)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 26 April 2018.