Tolderol Game Reserve

This article is about the protected area in South Australia. For the associated locality, see Tolderol, South Australia.

Tolderol Game Reserve
Lake Alexandrina and Tolderol, South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Tolderol Game Reserve is located in South Australia
Tolderol Game Reserve
Tolderol Game Reserve
Nearest town or cityLanghorne Creek[2]
Coordinates35°22′14.7396″S 139°8′58.3614″E / 35.370761000°S 139.149544833°E / -35.370761000; 139.149544833
Established26 February 1970[3]
Area4.28 km2 (1.7 sq mi)[3]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Tolderol Game Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north-western side of Lake Alexandrina  in the localities of Lake Alexandrina and Tolderol about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) south-east of Langhorne Creek.[2][4]

The game reserve consists of land in both section 349 within the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Freeling and the "150 link reserve adjacent to section 349". The land first acquired protected area status under the Fauna Conservation Act 1964 as both a fauna conservation reserve and a game reserve on 8 January 1970 and was named as the Tolderol Game Reserve. However, the above proclamation was revoked on 26 February 1970 and the land was then re-proclaimed as a fauna conservation reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 and as a game reserve under the Fauna Conservation Act 1964. On 27 April 1972, it was reconstituted as a game reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 without change to its name. As of 2019, it covered an area of 4.28 square kilometres (1.65 sq mi).[5][6][7][8][9][3]

In 1980, the game reserve was described as follows:[10]

First reserve in Australia to be set aside as an experimental area for growing of variety of waterfowl food crops, in particular three-cornered bulrush. It is already of outstanding value to waterfowl and variety of other waterbirds. Plegadis falcinellus (glossy ibis, Pluvialis dominica (lesser golden plover), Charadrius bicinctus (double-banded dotterel) and Tringa hypoleucos (sandpiper) which are uncommon birds in South Australia have been recorded...

Tolderol Game Reserve is situated on the shore of Lake Alexandrina and comprises low samphire and bulrush (Scirpus spp.) flats with some shallow pools. Most of the Reserve is less than a metre above normal lake level...

Modifications to the samphire areas have been undertaken in recent years to enhance the habitat for waterfowl. Shooting of duck is allowed during open season.

The game reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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 "Search results for 'Tolderol Game Reserve' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 15 March 2019)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 2, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  5. ^ DeGaris, R.C. (8 January 1970). "FAUNA CONSERVATION ACT, 1964-1965: HUNDRED OF FREELING—FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVE DEDICATED AND GAME RESERVE DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ DeGaris, R.C. (26 February 1970). "FAUNA CONSERVATION ACT, 1964-1965: HUNDRED OF FREELING—PROCLAMATION REVOKED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. ^ DeGaris, R.C. (26 February 1970). "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1969: HUNDRED OF FREELING—FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVE DEDICATED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ^ DeGaris, R.C. (26 February 1970). "FAUNA CONSERVATION ACT, 1964-1965: HUNDRED OF FREELING—GAME RESERVES DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  9. ^ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 704. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Tolderol Game Reserve, Langhorne Creek, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 7739)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980.