Pureba Conservation Park

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 74 kilometres (46 mi) east of the town centre in Ceduna.[2]

Pureba Conservation Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Pureba Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityCeduna[2]
Coordinates32.0494°S 134.4338°E / -32.0494; 134.4338[1]
Established25 January 1990 (1990-01-25)[3]
Area2,264.03 km2 (874.1 sq mi)[4]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

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

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.[3] 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.[9]

A co-management agreement signed by the Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation and the Government of South Australia in 2013 in 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.[10] The conservation park is one of those in the west of the state where Aboriginal people are permitted to hunt for and gather food.[11]

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

See also

References
  1. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. "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"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972, SECTIONS 30 AND 43: CONSTITUTION OF, AND MINING IN, PUREBA CONSERVATION PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 156. 25 January 1990. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. "Search result for "Eyre Peninsula (Peninsula)" (Record no SA0023359)". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. "National Parks and Wildlife (Pureba Conservation Park) Proclamation 2006" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2117. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  7. "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5, The Eight Schedule" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2438–2440. 11 November 1993. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  8. "Search result(s) for Pureba Hill (Record No. SA0057158) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. South Australia. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (2013), Yellabinna Reserves: management plan, 2013 (PDF), Adelaide SA Dept. of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, pp. I, 1, 2, 10, 11 and 13, retrieved 23 January 2017
  10. "Co-management of parks in South Australia". Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  11. "National Parks and Wildlife (Boondina Conservation Park and Pureba Conservation Park—Hunting and Food Gathering by Aboriginal Persons) Proclamation 2006" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2105. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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