Taylorville Station is a protected area located in the east of the Australian state of

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about north west of the town of Renmark and about east of the state capital of

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. It is a protected area which is under the control of the

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rather than the Government of South Australia and which is managed by a private organisation under

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. Taylorville Station is part of an area whose habitat has been listed as "critical" for the survival of the

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

species,

black-eared miner The black-eared miner (''Manorina melanotis'') is an endangered honeyeater endemic to mallee woodland in south-eastern Australia. Taxonomy ''Manorina melanotis'' was identified by Francis Erasmus Wilson in 1911. It is closely related to the mu ...

. It is also part of a larger reserve system known as the

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Nomenclature

Taylorville Station as a protected area is referred in various sources either as "Taylorville Station" or as a "reserve."

Description

Location, size and vegetation

The reserve is located in the east of South Australia on the north side of the

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about to the north-west of the town of Renmark and about east of the

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. It is bounded to its eastern side by the Calperum Station reserve and to its north by the

Gluepot Reserve Gluepot Reserve is a private protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the gazetted locality of Gluepot, South Australia, Gluepot about north of the town of Waikerie, South Australia, Waikerie. History Gluepot was e ...

. The reserve covers an area of and is "entirely vegetated by Mallee vegetation communities."

Purpose

The purpose of the reserve is the protection of "Listed Critical Habitat" for the bird species,

, in conjunction with both the Calperum Station reserve and the Gluepot Reserve. The reserve along with the Calperum Station reserve is reported as being "important for the conservation of the nationally vulnerable

malleefowl The malleefowl (''Leipoa ocellata'') is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken (to which it is distantly related). It is notable for the large nesting mounds constructed by the males and lack of parental ca ...

(''Leipoa ocellata''), the regionally vulnerable

bush stone-curlew The bush stone-curlew or bush thick-knee, also known as the Iben bird (''Burhinus grallarius'', obsolete name ''Burhinus magnirostris'') is a large, ground-dwelling bird endemic to Australia. Its favoured habitat is open plains and woodlands, whe ...

(''Burhinus grallarius'') and the nationally vulnerable

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(''Litoria ramiformis'')." The reserve is also reported as being one of the "key components of the Riverland (formerly Bookmark) Biosphere Reserve."

History

The pastoral leases for the land were purchased in 2000 by Australian Landscape Trust Association Incorporated (ALT) using funds obtained both from its own sources and those granted by the Australian Government.Gilligan, 2008, page 3 The leases were subsequently transferred by deed of assignment to the

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to hold in

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with ALT and the Director of National Parks entering into an agreement for ALT to manage the land. During the financial year 2013-14, the pastoral leases along with those for the Calperum Station reserve were transferred to Austland Services Pty Ltd which is a company owned by ALT and who "will continue to manage the properties in accordance with the trust arrangements."DNP, 2014, page 54

Management

As of 2014, the reserve and the Calperum Station reserve was managed as one unit by Austland Services Pty Ltd. The management agreement with the Director of National Parks includes at least three principal requirements. Firstly, Taylorville Station (i.e. the pastoral lease) is to be used for "conservation and protection of mallee and other vegetation associations on the land, along with their dependent wildlife." Secondly, the reserve is to be used for "public education as a model for the implementation of the

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directed to the maintenance of regional biodiversity." Thirdly, the reserve is to be managed as a Category IV protected area consistent with the requirements of the regulations to the ''

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''.

Protected area status

The reserve is reported as being declared as a protected area on 14 March 2005 and as of 2014, it is classified as an IUCN Category IV reserve.

Citations and references

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External links

Australian Government official webpage

Australian Landscape Trust official webpage

Page on the Protected Planet website
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