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Protected area in South Australia

Scott Conservation ParkSouth Australia
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1]
Scott Conservation Park is located in South AustraliaScott Conservation ParkScott Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Currency Creek[2]
Coordinates 35°24′52″S 138°44′12″E / 35.414473909°S 138.736679146°E / -35.414473909; 138.736679146 [1]
Established 20 March 1969 (1969-03-20)[3]
Area 2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)[4]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Scott Conservation Park (formerly Scott National Park) is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Currency Creek about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) north-west of the town centre in Currency Creek.[2]

The conservation park consists of land in sections 218 and 347 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Goolwa.[3] On 20 March 1969, it was proclaimed under the National Parks Act 1966 as Scott National Park. On 27 April 1972, it was reconstituted as Scott Conservation Park upon the proclamation of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[5][3] As of 2018, it covered an area of 2.1 square kilometres (0.81 sq mi).[4]

In 1980, it was described as follows:[6]

A small park featuring vegetation representative of the eastern slopes of the southern Mount Lofty ranges. As one of few blocks of scrub in this region it is significant for conservation purposes… A small park on gently sloping land. The principal vegetation is an open forest of Eucalyptus leucoxylon but large patches of E. baxteri occur in the southern portion of the Park. Elsewhere mixed stands of E. leucoxylon with E. fasciculosa are found. The understorey is diverse but usually dominated by E. cosmophylla and _Banksia ornata _… Scott Conservation Park is in a minimally disturbed condition having suffered only light grazing in the past. The park is largely surrounded by cleared grazing land…

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

  1. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Search results for 'Scott Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Boundaries', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Hall, Steele (20 March 1969). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF GOOLWA—SCOTT NATIONAL PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 863. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 701. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Scott Conservation Park, Scott Conservation Park Rd, Goolwa (sic), SA, Australia – listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 7636)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

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