Seddon Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Seddon Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:III
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-35.8333°N 137.2736°W
Nearest Town Or City:Parndana
Area:22ha
Area Footnotes:[2]
Established:21 January 1971
Established Footnotes:[3]
Managing Authorities:Department for Environment and Water

Seddon Conservation Park is a protected area in South Australia located on Kangaroo Island. It was dedicated in 1971 to protect a representative sample of the lateritic plateau vegetation of the central part of the island.

Description

The conservation park has an area of 23ha and is located in the locality of Seddon about 5.5km (03.4miles) south of the town of Parndana and 40km (30miles) south-west of Kingscote.[4] The Eleanor River flows through the conservation park. The vegetation is mainly a woodland association of Eucalyptus leucoxylon and E. fasciculosa, with open shrubland of E. cosmophylla and E. baxteri over Allocasuarina muelleriana, Xanthorrhoea tateana and Melaleuca uncinata.[5] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III 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: Protected Areas Information System Reserve List . Government of South Australia . 26 April 2018 . 9 March 2018 .
  3. Shard . A.J.. NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS DECLARED. The South Australian Government Gazette . 21 January 1971. 186–187. 22 December 2018 . Government of South Australia.
  4. Web site: Search result for "Seddon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058090 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)". Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 28 August 2015.
  5. Book: Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan. Anon . 1987 . Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia . Adelaide . 0-7243-8983-0.