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protected area
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in the Australian state of South Australia
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about north of the state capital of Adelaide
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History
Thenational park
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was proclaimed on 21 November 1985 to "protect Australia’s largest array of artesian springs: the nationally significant Dalhousie Mound Springs complex". In 2007, it became the first protected area in South Australia to have formal joint management arrangements between its traditional owners and the Government of South Australia
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The extent of land occupied by the national park was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Witjira".
On 26 November 2021, the government changed the conditions of the park, to forever exclude mining in the Dalhousie Springs National Heritage Area. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)
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Description
As of 2018, it covered an area of . The national park is classified as anIUCN
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Category VI protected area. It was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate
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during or after 1998.
The historic Dalhousie Homestead Ruins, from the former Dalhousie Station, lie within the national park and are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register
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See also
*Protected areas of South Australia
Protected areas of South Australia, consisting of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of 2018, South Australia contained 359 separa ...
References
External links
Witjira National Park official webpage
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