Tumby Island Conservation Park

Tumby Island Conservation Park
South Australia
Tumby Island Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Tumby Island Conservation Park
Tumby Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityTumby Bay[2]
Coordinates34°24′33″S 136°8′25″E / 34.40917°S 136.14028°E / -34.40917; 136.14028
Established9 January 1969[3]
Area48 ha (120 acres)[4]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

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]

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 c "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.
  3. ^ a b c DeGaris, 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b "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.