White Dam Conservation Park (formerly the White's Dam Conservation Park and the White National Parks Reserve) is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Lindley and Maude about 139 kilometres (86 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-west of the town of Morgan.[2]
The conservation park consists of land in the Sections 197, 199, 201 and 202 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Lindley and Section 252 of the Hundred of Maude.[5]: 17, 18 [3][6] The conservation park consists of a strip of land along alternative sides of the Goyder Highway on its route form Morgan in the south-east to Burra in the north-west.[2][5]: 18
The land first received protected area status as the White National Parks Reserve in respect to land in section 202 of the Hundred of Lindley and was proclaimed on 17 July 1969 under the National Parks Act 1966.[3] On 17 September 1970, the remainder of the current extent was added.[6] On 27 April 1972, the national parks reserve was reconstituted as the White’s Dam Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[7] On 12 May 1983, its name was altered to White Dam Conservation Park.[8] As of 2018, it covered an area of 8.91 square kilometres (3.44 sq mi).[4]
In 1994, the conservation park was described as follows:[5]: 17
The black oak (Allocasuarina cristata) low open woodland has an understorey dominated by bluebush (Mareana sedifolia) . Other understorey species present include spear grass (Stipa sp.), emubush (Eremophila sp.), Electrion sp., false sandalwood (Myoporum platycarpum), quondong (Santalum acumintum), and nitrebush (Nitraria billardierei)...
As of 1994, visitation was described as being “quite low” despite the “significant numbers of people” using the Goyder Highway.[5]: 17
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1]
^ abc"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 'White Dam Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^ abcDegaris, R.C. (17 July 1969). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF LINDLEY—WHITE NATIONAL PARKS RESERVE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australian. pp. 160–161. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^ ab"Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ abcdeSouth Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. National Parks and Wildlife, Murraylands Region (August 1994), Conservation parks of the Murraylands (north west zone) management plans : Pooginook, Pandappa and White Dam, South Australia(PDF), Department of Environment and Natural Resources, pp. 1 and 17–21, ISBN 978-0-7308-4664-2
^ abShard, A.J. (17 September 1970). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF LINDLEY AND MAUDE - WHITE NATIONAL PARKS RESERVE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australian. p. 1200. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^"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 1 December 2018.
^Shard, A.J. (12 May 1983). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972-1981: NAMES ASSIGNED TO CONSERVATION PARKS ALTERED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australian. p. 1112. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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