| Wharminda Conservation Park South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Wharminda Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Wharminda.[2] |
| Coordinates | 33°55′51″S136°12′37″E / 33.9309°S 136.2102°E /-33.9309; 136.2102[1] |
| Established | 7 November 1985 (1985-11-07)[3] |
| Area | 2.68 km2 (1.0 sq mi)[4] |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Wharminda Conservation Park is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located on theEyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality ofWharminda about 95 kilometres (59 mi) north ofPort Lincoln and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south ofLock.[5][2]
It was constituted as a conservation park under theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 7 November 1985 on land all in Section 94 ofthe cadastral unit of theHundred of Verran.[3] It was dedicated to “conserve remnant vegetation” which is “dominated by mallee and shrubland” and has “no provision for access under state mining legislation.”[5] Its name is derived from nearby features such as the “Wharminda Railway Siding.”[2]
As of 2007, the Wharminda Conservation Park partially contains a shrubland including the following plant associations and species of conservation concern. A “mallee community” dominated byEucalyptus peninsularis which was considered to be “a state endangered ecosystem” was present in the conservation park. Two sub-populations ofBearded Emubush (Eremophila barbata) were located within the conservation park and which was reported as being “state and regionally rare.” The four following species which were considered as being “rare at a state level” have been recorded in the conservation park -Six-nerve Spine-bush (Acacia hexaneura), the Mallee Bitter-pea, the Blue Range Emubush and theHidden Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum occultans).[5]
As of 2007, there was no access for visitors into the interior of the conservation park and nor was there plans to create such access.[5]
The conservation park is classified as anIUCNCategory III protected area.[1]