Pureba Conservation Park Explained

Type:	protected
Pureba Conservation Park
State:	sa
Iucn Category:	VI
Iucn Ref:	^[1]
Coordinates:	-32.0494°N 134.4338°W
Relief:	yes
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Nearest Town Or City:	Ceduna^[2]
Area:	2264.03
Area Footnotes:	^[3]
Established Footnotes:	^[4]
Managing Authorities:	Department for Environment and Water Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation

Pureba Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the west of the state in the gazetted locality of Pureba about east of the town centre in Ceduna.^[2]

Location

It is located partly within the extent of Eyre Peninsula and on land to the peninsula's immediate north.^{[5] [2]}

History

The land first acquired protected area status on 25 January 1990 as the Pureba Conservation Park constituted under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.^[4] Crown land which had been previously dedicated as a conservation reserve known as the Pureba Conservation Reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 in 1993 was added to the conservation park on 29 June 2006 along with other land.^{[6] [7]}

Its name is derived from Pureba Hill which is located within its boundaries.^{[2] [8]}

As of 2013, the conservation park is managed as part of a larger group of protected areas known as the Yellabinna Reserves which also includes Boondina Conservation Park, the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, the Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area and the Yumbarra Conservation Park. The management approach is described by the managing authority as being “an integrated and collaborative approach to the conservation of over three million hectares of mallee woodland.” No visitors facilities are provided within the conservation park nor is there access for public vehicles. Mineral exploration and mining is permitted in the conservation park.

A co-management agreement signed by the Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation and the Government of South Australia in 2013 with respect to the Yumbarra Conservation Park also provides for the corporation to give advice on the management of the conservation park and other reserves in the west of the state.^[9] The conservation park is one of those in the west of the state where Aboriginal people are permitted to hunt for and gather food.^[10]

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

See also

• Protected areas of South Australia

External links

• Webpage for Pureba Conservation Park on the Protected Planet website

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 Pureba Conservation Park (Record No. SA0057155) with the following layers being selected - "Parcel labels", "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)", "Government regions" and "Road labels" . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 6 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . 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.
4. NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972, SECTIONS 30 AND 43: CONSTITUTION OF, AND MINING IN, PUREBA CONSERVATION PARK . The South Australian Government Gazette . 25 January 1990. 156. 6 March 2017 . Government of South Australia.
5. Web site: Search result for "Eyre Peninsula (Peninsula)" (Record no SA0023359) . Property Location Browser . . 2011 . 5 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
6. National Parks and Wildlife (Pureba Conservation Park) Proclamation 2006 . The South Australian Government Gazette . 29 June 2006 . 2117 . 23 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
7. CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5, The Eight Schedule . The South Australian Government Gazette . 11 November 1993. 2438–2440 . 23 December 2016 . Government of South Australia.
8. Web site: Search result(s) for Pureba Hill (Record No. SA0057158) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds" and "Place names (gazetteer)" . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 6 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
9. Web site: Co-management of parks in South Australia . Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation . 29 January 2017 .
10. National Parks and Wildlife (Boondina Conservation Park and Pureba Conservation Park—Hunting and Food Gathering by Aboriginal Persons) Proclamation 2006. The South Australian Government Gazette . 29 June 2006. 2105. 30 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.