Warrenben Conservation Park

Coordinates: 35°07′19″S 137°02′40″E / 35.122006°S 137.044494°E / -35.122006; 137.044494
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Warrenben Conservation Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Warrenben Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Warrenben Conservation Park
Warrenben Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityMarion Bay.
Coordinates35°07′19″S 137°02′40″E / 35.122006°S 137.044494°E / -35.122006; 137.044494[2]
Established9 January 1969[3]
Area40.58 km2 (15.7 sq mi)[4]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Warrenben Conservation Park (formerly Warrenben National Park) is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Yorke Peninsula of about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) north-east of Marion Bay.

The conservation park consists of land in section 97 in the cadastral unit of the

National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[5] As of 2018, it covered an area of 40.58 square kilometres (15.67 sq mi).[4]

The following statement of significance appears in the conservation park's management plan:

Western Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster).[6]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Search results for 'Warrenben Conservation Park' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties' and 'Gazetteer'". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c DeGaris, R. C. (9 January 1969). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF WARRENBEN—WARRENBEN NATIONAL PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 45. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 701. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Mainland Conservation Parks of Yorke Peninsula Management Plan 2009" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 2. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Warrenben Conservation Park, Stenhouse Bay Rd, Marion Bay, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6865)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

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