Pandappa Conservation Park

Pandappa Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Franklyn about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of the town of Peterborough.[2][5]:1

Pandappa Conservation Park
South Australia
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1]
Pandappa Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityPeterborough[2]
Coordinates33°10′55″S 139°08′36″E[1]
Established20 December 1973 (1973-12-20)[3]
Area10.51 km2 (4.1 sq mi)[4]
Visitation‘low’ (in 1994[5]:11)
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

The conservation park consists of land in Sections 68, 69 and 189 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Wonna.[5]:1[3] It located within an area which has been largely cleared for agricultural purposes and adjoined on its north, north-east and eastern side by a road arriving from Terowie in the west. It was proclaimed on 20 December 1973 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[3] As of 2018, it covered an area of 8.91 square kilometres (3.44 sq mi).[4]

In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:[6]

Pandappa Conservation Park preserves an area representative of the semi-arid mallee associations occurring in the region. A diversity of arid and semi-arid bird species has been recorded from the Park… The Park consists of an area of low quartzite ridges and associated footslopes. The vegetation is dominated by an open scrub of mature Eucalyptus socialis over Enchylaena tomentose and Kochia spp. A tall shrubland of Eremophila, Dodonaea, Acacia and Cassia species occurs on the rocky hills of the Wonna Range. Open grazed areas feature numerous introduced species many of which also occur in the mallee understorey… The park has had a history of grazing and as a result some introduced species are prevalent.

As of 1994, visitation was described as being “low” due to its location on “a relatively minor road.”[5]:11, 13

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[6]

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 results for 'Pandappa Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. Kneebone, A.F. (20 December 1973). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: HUNDRED OF WONNA—PANDAPPA CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australian. p. 3337. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. National Parks and Wildlife, Murraylands Region (August 1994), Conservation parks of the Murraylands (north west zone) management plans : Pooginook, Pandappa and Pandappa, South Australia (PDF), Department of Environment and Natural Resources, pp. 1 and 10–16, ISBN 978-0-7308-4664-2
  6. "Pandappa Conservation Park, Terowie - Pandappa Rd, Pandappa via Terowie, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6969)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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