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Protected area in South Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Heath Conservation Park (formerly the Big Heath National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Spence about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Naracoorte in the state's Limestone Coast region.[5][4]
Big Heath Conservation Park South Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Naracoorte |
Coordinates | 37°06′02″S 140°33′19″E[1] |
Established | 7 May 1964[2][3] |
Area | 24.72 km2 (9.5 sq mi)[2] |
Visitation | 'low' (in 1994)[4] |
Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
Footnotes | Nearest town[5] |
See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
The conservation park is located on land in sections 17 to 20, 169 and 179, and Allotment 500 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Spence.[4][5] A drain known as 'Drain M', which is part of the drainage infrastructure built in the south east of the state since European settlement, passes through the south-east corner of the conservation park, carrying water from Bool Lagoon in the east to the sea at Beachport in the south.[4][6]
Protected area status began for the land in sections 17 to 20 and 169 on 7 May 1964 when it was constituted under the Crown Lands Act 1929 as a wild life reserve.[3] On 9 November 1967, it was constituted as the Big Heath National Park under the National Parks Act 1966.[7] In 1972, it was constituted as a conservation park upon the proclamation of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972.[8] In 1993, section 179 of the Hundred of Spence was added to the conservation park.[9] In 2010, a parcel of land known as Allotment 500 and which was dedicated as a conservation reserve known as the Big Heath Conservation Reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 on 9 December 1993 was added to the conservation park.[10][11] As of July 2016[update], the conservation park covered an area of 24.72 square kilometres (9.54 sq mi).[2]
As of 1994, the conservation park was reported as supporting a "diversity of vegetation types which correlate with the topography and soils of the area" as follows:[4]
As of 1994, visitor use was reported as being "low" and was mainly concerned with "nature study by the local and Naracoorte communities."[4]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1]
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