Warrenben Conservation Park (formerly Warrenben National Park) is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
located in the Australian state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
on the
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strai ...
of about north-east of
Marion Bay.
The conservation park consists of land in section 97 in the cadastral unit of the
Hundred of Warrenben.
The land first received protected area status as the ''Warrenben National Park'' proclaimed on 9 January 1969 under the ''National Parks Act 1966''.
On 27 April 1972, the national park was reconstituted as the ''Warrenben Conservation Park'' under the ''
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972
Protected areas of South Australia consists of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of March 2018, South Australia contains 359 sepa ...
''.
As of 2018, it covered an area of .
The following statement of significance appears in the conservation park's management plan:
Together with nearby Innes National Park, it conserves a substantial proportion of the natural habitat remaining on southern Yorke Peninsula. The park comprises an area of undulating limestone plains and low, stabilised dunes that remain well vegetated with mallee and tea-tree scrub and some sheoak woodlands. It provides habitat for a number of threatened species including the nationally and state vulnerable Annual Candles, state rare Goldsack’s Leek-orchid (''Prasophyllum goldsackii''), and the nationally and state 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 ...
and Western Whipbird Western whipbird may refer to the following bird species and subspecies:
* '' Psophodes nigrogularis'', the black-throated whipbird
** subspecies: '' Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis'', 'western heath'
** subspecies: '' Psophodes nigrogularis ob ...
(''Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster'').
The conservation park is classified as an
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
Category Ia protected area.
[ In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct ]Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritag ...
.
See also
*Protected areas of South Australia
Protected areas of South Australia consists of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of March 2018, South Australia contains 359 separ ...
* Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area
The Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area is a tract of land consisting of most of the south-western tip of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about west of Adelaide.
Description
The Important Bird Area (IBA) includes most of the s ...
References
External links
Warrenben Conservation Park webpage on protected planet
{{Protected areas of South Australia
Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1969
1969 establishments in Australia
Yorke Peninsula
South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate