Goose Island Conservation Park

This article is about the conservation park in South Australia. For the island, see Goose Island (South Australia).

Goose Island Conservation Park
South Australia
Goose Island Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Goose Island Conservation Park
Goose Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityPort Victoria
Coordinates34°27′16″S 137°21′48″E / 34.45444°S 137.36333°E / -34.45444; 137.36333[1]
Established27 April 1972[2]
Area35 ha (86 acres)[2]
Visitation‘a few hundred a year’ (in 2009)[3]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Goose Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia, located on Goose Island and other islets in the vicinity of Wardang Island in Spencer Gulf. The constituent islands are located within 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) to 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) in the sector between west and north west of Port Victoria.[3][4]

Land consisting of "Goose Island and White Rock Island, together with the adjacent rocky islands north-west of Goose Island" was declared on 29 September 1966 as "fauna reserves" under the Fauna Conservation Act 1965.[5] The conservation park was proclaimed in 1972 to ‘conserve an offshore breeding and refuge area for sea-birds and the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea).’ The conservation park consists of the following islands: Goose Island, Little Goose Island, Seal Rocks and White Rocks located to the immediate north of Wardang Island with Beatrice Rock, Island Point and Rocky Island all located to the east of Wardang Island, and Boat Rock and Bikini Islets being located on the west side of Wardang Island.[3]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[6]


Non-statutory arrangements

The Goose Island Conservation Park have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it is considered to support over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants, holding up to 750 breeding pairs. It is also a frequently used site for fairy terns which have been recorded as breeding there.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Management Plan - Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment & Heritage. 2009. pp. 1, 2, 4 & 29. ISBN 978-1-921466-76-2.
  4. ^ "Goose Island Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  5. ^ Shard, A.J. "FAUNA CONSERVATION ACT, 1964-1965: FAUNA RESERVES DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1451. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Goose Island Conservation Park, Port Victoria (sic), SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6885)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Goose Island (Spencer Gulf)". BirdLife International. 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.