Lipson Island Conservation Park Explained
| Type: | protected |
| Lipson Island Conservation Park |
| State: | sa |
| Iucn Category: | iii |
| Iucn Ref: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | -34.2639°N 136.2658°W |
| Nearest Town Or City: | Lipson. |
| Area: | 8ha |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Established: | 16 March 1967 |
| Established Footnotes: | [3] |
Lipson Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Lipson Island in Spencer Gulf about 12km (07miles) north northeast of Lipson.
The land which now comprises the conservation park previously received statutory protection in March 1967 as a fauna conservation reserve declared under the Crown Lands Act 1929-1966 and was re-proclaimed in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 as a conservation park.[3] [4]
The area under protection is considered significant for the following reason: ‘a small island supporting breeding colonies of fairy penguins, black-faced cormorants, sooty oystercatchers, crested terns, pacific gulls and silver gulls.’[5] [6]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1]
External links
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.
- CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED . The South Australian Government Gazette . 16 March 1967 . 961–962 . 17 May 2017 . Government of South Australia.
- No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 27 April 1972 . 703 . 20 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
- Web site: Register of the National Estate (Non-statutory archive), Lipson Island Conservation Park, Lipson Cove Rd, Warratta Vale via Lipson, SA, Australia . 23 October 2014 . Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. 21 October 1980.
- Web site: Robinson. A. C.. South Australia's offshore islands. Australian Heritage Commission. 13 December 2013. Canty, P. . Mooney, T. . Rudduck, P.. 146, 245 & 251. 1996.
