Althorpe Islands Conservation Park Explained
Althorpe Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying the Althorpe Island, Haystack Island and Seal Island in Investigator Strait near the town of Stenhouse Bay.
The conservation park consists of the following land collectively known as the Althorpe Islands - Althorpe, Haystack and Seal Islands. Haystack and Seal Islands first acquired protected area status as a fauna conservation reserve declared on 16 March 1967 under the Crown Lands Act, 1929–1966.[3] On 27 April 1972, the fauna conservation reserve was reconstituted as the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[4] On 14 August 1997, Althorpe Island was added to the conservation park.[5]
The purpose of the conservation park is "to protect important wildlife habitat, particularly for sea-bird populations."[6]
It 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]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016.
- Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 26 March 2014. 7.
- Web site: CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED.. The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 16 March 2020. 961–962. 16 March 1967. Althorpe Islands, exclusive of the eastern island, being sections 13 and 61, South of Hundreds, acquired by the Commonwealth of Australia..
- No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 27 April 1972 . 660 & 703 . 16 March 2020. Government of South Australia. Althorpe Islands (excluding Section 13 and 61, South out of Hundreds).
- Web site: Laidlaw . Diana . NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 PART 3: ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES OF RESERVES . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 16 March 2020 . 336 . 14 August 1997 . Sections 13 and 61, Out of Hundreds (Althorpe Isles).
- Book: Management Plan - Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks . 2009 . Department of Environment & Heritage . Adelaide . 978-1-921466-76-2 . 1, 2 & 4.
- 21 October 1980. 16 March 2020.
