| Fairview Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
  Fairview Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia,Woolumbool |
| Nearest city | Lucindale[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°50′03″S140°25′03″E / 36.8341°S 140.4176°E /-36.8341; 140.4176 |
| Area | 13.94 km2 (5.38 sq mi)[3] |
| Established | 13 October 1960[4] |
| Visitors | 'not high' (in 1994) |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
Fairview Conservation Park (formerly the Fairview National Park) is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the gazetted locality ofWoolumbool about 17 kilometres (11 mi) north ofLucindale in the state'sLimestone Coast region.[2][5]
The conservation park is located on land in sections 93, 98 and 61 inthe cadastral unit of theHundred of Woolumbool on the east side of Woolumbool Road.[5][4][2] Sections 93 and 98 were constituted under theCrown Lands Act 1929 on 13 October 1960 as a wild life reserve.[4] On 9 November 1967, sections 93 and 98 were proclaimed under theNational Parks Act 1966 asFairview National Park.[6] In 1972, it was constituted as a conservation park upon the proclamation of theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972.[7] In 1984, additional land consisting of section 61 in the Hundred of Woolumbool located immediately south of the original proclamation was added to the conservation park.[8] As of July 2016[update], the conservation park covered an area of 13.94 square kilometres (5.38 sq mi).[3]
As of 1994, the conservation park was described as follows:[5]
… two semi-permanent lagoons, extensive areas of seasonally inundated flats, sandy flats and ridges, and limestone ridges. ASouth Australian swamp paper-bark (Melaleuca halmaturorum) association, with sedges and sandy beaches characterises the lagoon edges. Open heath and tussock grasslands cover the seasonally inundated flats, while a low open woodland ofSouth Australian blue gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon) and rough-barkedmanna gum (E.viminalis subsp.cygnetensis) occupies the sandy flats and limestone ridges.
As of 1994, visitor use was reported as being “not high” and consisted of “irregular use” of a picnic area by “the Naracoorte and Lucindale communities” and “bushwalking for field nature study.”[5]
The conservation park is classified as anIUCN Category Ia protected area.[1]