Tumby Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Tumby Island in Spencer Gulf and located about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) southeast of the town of Tumby Bay.[2]
The conservation park consists of land described as "section 682, north out of hundreds, county of Flinders", being the entirety of Tumby Island.[3] The land first acquired protected area status as a fauna conservation reserve declared on 9 January 1969 under the Fauna Conservation Act 1964-1965.[3] On 27 April 1972, the fauna conservation reserve was reconstituted as the Tumby Island Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[5] On 19 December 1991, additional land was added to the conservation park to extend protection over land located between high tide and low tide.[2][6] As of 2018, it covered an area of 48 hectares (120 acres).[4]
The area under protection is considered significant for the following reason: "a small island providing feeding and roosting habitat for seabirds."[7][8]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[8]
^ ab"Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ abc"Search results for 'Tumby Island Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – "NPW and Conservation"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ abcDeGaris, R.C. (9 January 1969). "FAUNA CONSERVATION ACT, 1964-1965: NORTH OUT OF HUNDREDS—FAUNA RESERVE DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 47. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ ab"Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
^"No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 702. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^Blevins, F.T. (19 December 1991). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTIONS 29 (3) AND 30 (2): VARIOUS CONSERVATION PARKS— ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1907. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). "South Australia's offshore islands" (PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. pp. 140, 146 & 245. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
^ ab"Tumby Island Conservation Park, Tumby, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6729)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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