Darke Range Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Darke Range Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:VI
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-33.4755°N 136.1758°W
Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:left
Nearest Town Or City:Darke Peak.[2]
Area:6.93
Area Footnotes:[3]

Darke Range Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Darke Peak about west of the town centre in Darke Peak.[2]

The conservation park was proclaimed on 28 November 1985 under the state's National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to land in following sections and cadastral units - section 116 in the Hundred of Pascoe and section 58 in the Hundred of Darke both of which are located to the immediate west of the Darke Peak town centre.[4] [2]

Additional land in the Hundred of Darke was added to the conservation park on 23 September 2010 to the immediate north of its original extent for the following official reason:[5] [6]

The addition to Darke Range Conservation Park will help protect the threatened ecosystems and species unique to this locality, as well as the nationally threatened peppermint gum woodland...
Its name was derived from the Darke Range on which it is located.[2] As of June 2016, the conservation park covered an area of .[3]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016.
  2. Web site: Search result(s) for Darke Range Conservation Park (Record No. SA0017932) with the following layers being selected - "Parcel labels", "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels" . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 4 January 2017 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016) . Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources . 11 July 2016 . 14 July 2016 . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065611/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-reserve-list-30june2016-gen.pdf . dead .
  4. NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: SECTION 30 DARKE RANGE CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED . The South Australian Government Gazette . 28 November 1985. 1610. 5 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  5. National Parks and Wildlife (Darke Range Conservation Park) Proclamation 2010 . The South Australian Government Gazette . 23 September 2010. 4928. 5 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  6. Web site: Three new conservation parks added to SA's reserve system . Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) . 16 September 2015. 13 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414190809/https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/Home/Full_newsevents_listing/News_Events_Listing/110113-Three_new_parks . 14 April 2016.

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