Olive Island Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Olive Island Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:ia
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-32.7213°N 133.9683°W
Nearest Town Or City:Streaky Bay[2]
Area:21ha
Area Footnotes:[3]
Established:16 March 1967
Established Footnotes:[4]
Visitation Num:'very few visitors'
Visitation Year:2006
Visitation Footnotes:[5]

Olive Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Olive Island off the west coast of Eyre Peninsula and which is located about 25km (16miles) west-northwest of the town of Streaky Bay.[2]

The land under protection was declared as a fauna conservation reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 on 16 March 1967.[4] The fauna conservation reserve was re-proclaimed as the Olive Island Conservation Park in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972 to ‘conserve a significant Australian sea lion breeding habitat.’[6] [5] On 19 December 1991, additional land was added to the conservation park.[7] As of 2018, it covered an area of .[3]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1] In 1980, the conservation park was listed on the former Register of the National Estate.[8]

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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 results for 'Olive Island Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 30 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System Reserve List . Government of South Australia . 26 April 2018 . 9 March 2018 .
  4. Web site: CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED.. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE . Government of South Australia. 5 February 2018. 961–962. 16 March 1967.
  5. Book: Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan . Anon . 2006 . Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia . Adelaide . 1-921238-18-6 .
  6. No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 27 April 1972 . 660 & 703 . 27 May 2018. Government of South Australia.
  7. Web site: Blevins. F.T.. NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTIONS 29 (3) AND 30 (2): VARIOUS CONSERVATION PARKS— ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES . The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 30 May 2018. 1907. 19 December 1991.
  8. 30 May 2018 .

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