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Protected area in South Australia
Witjira National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia about 987 kilometres (613 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide .[4]
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History
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The national park was proclaimed on 21 November 1985 to "protect Australia’s largest array of artesian springs : the nationally significant Dalhousie Mound Springs complex ".[2] [4] traditional owners and the Government of South Australia .[4]
The extent of land occupied by the national park was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Witjira".[5]
On 26 November 2021, the government changed the conditions of the park, to forever exclude mining in the Dalhousie Springs National Heritage Area.[6]
Description
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As of 2018, it covered an area of 7,726.73 square kilometres (2,983.31 sq mi ).[3]
The national park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area .[1] Register of the National Estate during or after 1998.[7]
The historic Dalhousie Homestead Ruins , from the former Dalhousie Station , lie within the national park and are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register .[8]
See also
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References
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^ a b "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF) . Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018 .
^ a b c d "Witjira National Park Management Plan 2009" (PDF) . Department for Environment and Heritage. May 2009. pp. I, 1 & 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2015 .
^ "Search result for "Witjira (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067224) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2016 .
^ Speirs, David (26 November 2021). "SA now home to Australia's biggest national park" . Premier of South Australia . Retrieved 22 December 2021 .Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
^ "Place ID {{{1}}}" . Australian Heritage Database Australian Government . Retrieved 13 May 2018 .
^ "Dalhousie Homestead Ruins, Witjira National Park" . South Australian Heritage Register . Retrieved 12 February 2016 .
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