Baudin_Rocks_Conservation_Park

Baudin Rocks Conservation Park

Baudin Rocks Conservation Park

Protected area in South Australia

This article is about the conservation park in South Australia. For other uses, see Baudin.

Baudin Rocks Conservation Park is a protected area occupying Baudin Rocks on the south east coast of South Australia about 8.3 kilometres (5.2 miles) North-northwest of Robe. In 1965, the island was declared as a Fauna Reserve under the Fauna Conservation Act 1964 following a request from the Kingston Branch of the National Trust of South Australia to declare ‘a reserve to afford protection to the wildlife population’. The protected area status was retained following the enactment of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 1972 when it was renamed as the Baudin Rocks Conservation Park.[2][4][5]

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

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References

  1. [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. [2]
    South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 5, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
  3. [3]
    "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. p. 7. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Baudin Rocks Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  5. [5]
    Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). "South Australia's offshore islands" (PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. pp. 139–140 & 147. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Baudin Rocks Conservation Park, Robe, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 8045)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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