Peachna Conservation Park
| Peachna Conservation Park South Australia | |
|---|---|
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1] | |
  Peachna Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Tooligie.[2] |
| Coordinates | 33°50′08″S 135°38′15″E / 33.8356°S 135.6374°E[1] |
| Established | 11 November 1993[3] |
| Area | 45.85 km2 (17.7 sq mi)[4] |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Peachna Conservation Park (formerly the Peachna Conservation Reserve) is a
The conservation park occupies land in
It was dedicated as a
Its name is derived from the Hundred of Peachna. The name of the original protected area was proposed to be the Tooligie Conservation Park but this was not approved by Geographical Names Board with the name Peachna Conservation Park being approved on 2 April 1990. However, the conservation park was never proclaimed and the land proposed for protection was ultimately proclaimed as the Peachna Conservation Reserve in 1993.[2]
As of 2007, the Peachna Conservation Park was reported as being “dominated by mallee” including the following communities – “Eucalyptus diversifolia (Coastal White Mallee) open mallee community and the Eucalyptus porosa (Mallee Box) mallee community.”[5]
As of 2007, there was no access for visitors into the interior of the conservation park and nor was there plans to create such access.[5]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI 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 d e f "Search result(s) for Peachna Conservation Park (Record No. SA0053976) with the following layers being selected – "Parcel labels", "Suburbs and Localities", "Government Towns", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5, The Seventeenth Schedule" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2439. 11 November 1993. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Protected Areas Information System – reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-921238-81-9