Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges National Park
Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges National Park South Australia | |
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Coordinates | 33°2′20.4″S 138°7′29.27″E / 33.039000°S 138.1247972°E |
Established | 25 November 2021[1] |
Managing authorities | National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia |
See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges National Park is a protected area in the southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, proclaimed on 25 November 2021.[2] The area comprises several former conservation parks.
History
Proclaimed a national park on 26 November 2021, the area comprises the former Telowie Gorge Conservation Park, Wirrabara Range Conservation Park, Spaniards Gully Conservation Park and a separate portion of Mount Remarkable National Park known as the Napperby Block.[1]
Former protected areas
The Napperby Block, formerly within Mount Remarkable Conservation Park, is a parcel of land of 16.72 km2 (6.46 sq mi), located immediately east of the town of
Spaniards Gully Conservation Park was proclaimed on 5 December 2017, made up of two allotments in the
Telowie Gorge Conservation Park was proclaimed under the
Wirrabara Conservation Park was originally created as a native forest reserve in 1950, but was proclaimed a conservation park on 5 December 2017.[8] It lay east of Telowie Gorge, with its south-western corner close to Mount Remarkable Conservation Park's north-eastern corner.[4]
Southern Flinders Precinct
The Remarkable Southern Flinders Project, created in 2020 as part of the
The project was part of the planning for a new national park, and involved the
Governance
The park is managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia, which is part of the Department for Environment and Water,[10] in collaboration with Nukunu traditional custodians.[9]
Description
Wapma Thura, the local
References
- ^ a b c Speirs, David (26 November 2021). "SA now home to Australia's biggest national park". Premier of South Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2021. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under an Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
- ^ "National Parks and Wildlife (Wapma Thura—Southern Flinders Ranges National Park) Proclamation 2021" (PDF). 25 November 2021.
- ISBN 1-921238-24-0. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Mid North Forests Land Uses" (Map). Primary Industries and Regions SA. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2021. Map shows borders of Spaniards Gully, Wirrabara and Terowie Gorge Conservation Parks, and the Napperby Block portion of Mount Remarkable Conservation Park.
- ^ "National Parks and Wildlife (Spaniards Gully Conservation Park) Proclamation 2017". South Australian Legislation. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2021. PDF
- Austlii.
- Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 April 2016.
- Austlii
- ^ a b c "Southern Flinders Precinct". National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia. 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Wirrabara Forest (part of Wapma Thura – Southern Flinders Ranges National Park)". National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Gooch, Declan (26 November 2021). "Australia's biggest national park declared in South Australia's far north". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 December 2021.