Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park
Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the suburb of Aldinga Beach about 46 kilometres (29 miles) south by west of the state capital of Adelaide.[1]
History
Before British colonisation of South Australia, the Kaurna people occupied the land from the Adelaide plains and southwards down western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula. There was a camp at Aldinga known as Camp Coortandillah, and Kaurna people were present living in the Aldinga Scrub until the 1870s, when Bishop Augustus Short sent the remaining people to the mission at Poonindie, thus ending their occupation of the area. After they were removed, some Aboriginal people from the Goolwa area (Ngarrindjeri people) occupied the area. The Kaurna language name of Aldinga was Ngaltingga.[5]
The first European settler, Mr. F. Culley, arrived on the scrubland in 1857. Much effort was made to farm on the land before the World War I, but they all proved futile. The District Council of Willunga feared that the area may cause erosion and thus 300 hectares (740 acres) were purchased to be supervised by the State Planning Authority as an open space reserve.[6]
The conservation park was proclaimed for the purpose of protecting a parcel of undeveloped land considered to be "a significant remnant of the natural habitat that once occurred all along the southern Adelaide coastline".[7]
Description
The conservation park consists of land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Willunga consisting of section 821 and land identified as allotments 4, 14, 15 and 100. It came into existence on 7 November 1985 by proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to section 821. The remainder of the land holding was proclaimed on 14 March 1991.[3][8] As of 2016, it covered an area of 2.66 hectares (6.6 acres).[4]
It is positioned in the Willunga sub-basin and is characterised by a backdrop of sand dunes, sand blows and small coastal vegetation. It contains an extensive range of rare plants and is considered as an important region for the conservation of flora and fauna. Some of the rare plants include Lacy coral lichen, nardoo, hairy sedge and various species of orchids. Short-beaked echidnas, lizards, bats and several birds form a part of its ecosystem.[9]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Search for "Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b Slater, John W. (7 November 1985). "National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972: Section 30—Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park Constituted" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1362. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ Amery, Rob (2016). Warraparna Kaurna!: Reclaiming an Australian language (PDF). University of Adelaide Press. pp. 73, 94, 204. doi:10.20851/kaurna. ISBN 978-1-925261-25-7. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "European history". National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia.
- ^ South Australia. Department of Environment and Planning Far West District; South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1992), Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park management plan, Southern Metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia (PDF), Dept. of Environment and Planning, p. 5
- ^ Gregory, R. J. (14 March 1991). "National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Section 30 (2): Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park, Alteration of Boundaries" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 854. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park". National Parks South Australia.
External links
- Official webpage
- Friends of Aldinga Scrub
- Webpage on the BirdsSA website
- Webpage on the Protected Planet website
- v
- t
- e
- Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary–Winaityinaityi Pangkara
- Belair
- Canunda
- Cleland
- Coffin Bay
- Coorong
- Dhilba Guuranda-Innes
- Flinders Chase
- Deep Creek
- Glenthorne National Park–Ityamaiitpinna Yarta
- Gawler Ranges
- Great Australian Bight Marine
- Ikara-Flinders Ranges
- Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
- Lake Frome
- Lake Gairdner
- Lake Torrens
- Lincoln
- Malkumba-Coongie
- Mount Remarkable
- Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert
- Murray River
- Naracoorte Caves
- Nullarbor
- Nilpena Ediacara
- Onkaparinga River
- Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges
- Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges
- Witjira
- Aberdour
- Acraman Creek
- Aldinga Scrub
- Althorpe Islands
- Angove
- Avoid Bay Islands
- Baird Bay Islands
- Bakara
- Bandon
- Bangham
- Barwell
- Bascombe Well
- Baudin
- Baudin Rocks
- Beachport
- Beatrice Islet
- Belt Hill
- Beyeria
- Big Heath
- Billiatt
- Bimbowrie
- Bird Islands
- Black Hill
- Black Rock
- Boondina
- Breakaways
- Brookfield
- Bullock Hill
- Busby Islet
- Butchers Gap
- Calectasia
- Calpatanna Waterhole
- Cap Island
- Cape Blanche
- Cape Gantheaume
- Cape Willoughby
- Caralue Bluff
- Carappee Hill
- Carcuma
- Caroona Creek
- Carpenter Rocks
- Carribie
- Chadinga
- Charleston
- Christmas Rocks
- Clements Gap
- Clinton
- Cocata
- Cooltong
- Corrobinnie Hill
- Cox Scrub
- Cromer
- Cudlee Creek
- Custon
- Cygnet Estuary
- Danggali
- Darke Range
- Desert Camp
- Dingley Dell
- Douglas Point
- Dudley
- Eba Island
- Elliot Price
- Eric Bonython
- Ettrick
- Ewens Ponds
- Fairview
- Ferguson
- Ferries-McDonald
- Finniss
- Fort Glanville
- Fowlers Bay
- Franklin Harbor
- Furner
- Gambier Islands
- Gawler Ranges
- Geegeela
- Giles
- Glen Roy
- Goose Island
- Gower
- Grass Tree
- Greenly Island
- Guichen Bay
- Gum Lagoon
- Gum Tree Gully
- Hacks Lagoon
- Hale
- Hallett Cove
- Hanson Scrub
- Heggaton
- Hesperilla
- Hincks
- Hogwash Bend
- Hopkins Creek
- Horsnell Gully
- Ironstone Hill
- Jip Jip
- Kaiserstuhl
- Kapunda Island
- Karte
- Kathai
- Kellidie Bay
- Kelly Hill
- Kelvin Powrie
- Kenneth Stirling
- Kinchina
- Kulliparu
- Kungari
- Kyeema
- Lake Frome
- Lake Gilles
- Lake Hawdon South
- Lake Newland
- Lake St Clair
- Lashmar
- Lathami
- Laura Bay
- Lawari
- Lesuer
- Leven Beach
- Lincoln
- Lipson Island
- Little Dip
- Lowan
- Lower Glenelg River
- Maize Island Lagoon
- Malgra
- Mamungari
- Mantung
- Marino
- Mark Oliphant
- Marne Valley
- Martin Washpool
- Martindale Hall
- Mary Seymour
- Media Island
- Messent
- Middlecamp Hills
- Mimbara
- Minlacowie
- Moana Sands
- Mokota
- Monarto
- Monarto Woodlands
- Montacute
- Moody Tank
- Morgan
- Morialta
- Mount Billy
- Mount Boothby
- Mount Brown
- Mount Dutton Bay
- Mount George
- Mount Magnificent
- Mount Monster
- Mount Scott
- Mount Taylor
- Mowantjie Willauwar
- Mullinger Swamp
- Munyaroo
- Murrunatta
- Mylor
- Myponga
- Nene Valley
- Nepean Bay
- Neptune Islands
- Newland Head
- Ngarkat
- Ngaut Ngaut
- Nicolas Baudin Island
- Nixon-Skinner
- Nuyts Archipelago
- Nuyts Reef
- Olive Island
- Padthaway
- Pandappa
- Para Wirra
- Paranki Lagoon
- Parndana
- Peachna
- Peebinga
- Pelican Lagoon
- Penambol
- Penguin Island
- Penola
- Piccaninnie Ponds
- Pigface Island
- Pike River
- Pine Hill Soak
- Pinkawillinie
- Point Bell
- Point Davenport
- Point Labatt
- Pooginook
- Poonthie Ruwe
- Porter Scrub
- Pualco Range
- Pullen Island
- Pureba
- Ramco Point
- Ramsay
- Red Banks
- Reedy Creek
- Ridley
- Rilli Island
- Rocky Island (North)
- Rocky Island (South)
- Roonka
- Rudall
- Salt Lagoon Islands
- Sandy Creek
- Sceale Bay
- Scott
- Scott Creek
- Seal Bay
- Searcy Bay
- Seddon
- Shannon
- Sheoak Hill
- Simpson
- Sinclair Island
- Sir Joseph Banks Group
- Sleaford Mere
- Spring Gully
- Spring Mount
- Stipiturus
- Swan Reach
- Talapar
- Talisker
- Tallaringa
- Tantanoola Caves
- Telford Scrub
- The Dutchmans Stern
- The Knoll
- The Pages
- The Plug Range
- Thidna
- Tilley Swamp
- Torrens Island
- Troubridge Island
- Tucknott Scrub
- Tumby Island
- Venus Bay
- Verran Tanks
- Vivigani Ardune
- Vivonne Bay
- Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs
- Wahgunyah
- Waitpinga
- Waldegrave Islands
- Wanilla
- Wanilla Land Settlement
- Warren
- Warrenben
- West Island
- Wharminda
- Whidbey Isles
- White Dam
- Whyalla
- Wiljani
- Wills Creek
- Winninowie
- Wittelbee
- Woakwine
- Wolseley Common
- Yalpara
- Yeldulknie
- Yulte
- Yumbarra
- Marine protected areas of South Australia
- List of protected areas in Adelaide