Chowilla Regional Reserve

For other uses, see Chowilla .

Chowilla Regional Reserve South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Chowilla Regional Reserve
Nearest town or city	Berri^[1]
Coordinates	33°41′47.7″S 140°51′48.9″E / 33.696583°S 140.863583°E / -33.696583; 140.863583Coordinates: 33°41′47.7″S 140°51′48.9″E / 33.696583°S 140.863583°E / -33.696583; 140.863583
Established	8 April 1993^[1]
Area	752.21 km² (290.4 sq mi)^[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Robertson Chowilla Pty Ltd^[2]
Website	Chowilla Regional Reserve
Footnotes	Coordinates^[3]
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Chowilla Regional Reserve is a type of protected area known as a regional reserve. It is located in South Australia approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) north-east of Adelaide. It was proclaimed 8 April 1993 in conjunction with the Chowilla Game Reserve and has an area of 75,221 hectares (185,880 acres). ‘It protects and conserves a semi-arid environment adjacent to the Murray River. The dominant land uses of the reserve are pastoral production, conservation of natural and historic features and tourism/recreation.’^[4] The regional reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.^[3]

Name

Chowilla is an Aboriginal name for this district. There were various early spellings by pioneers for the Chowilla Creek anabranch and floodplain. These include Cawilli by Sturt and Kawelle by Browne. Tindale noted Tjowilla, as well as the accepted modern spelling Chowilla. Tindale attributes the meaning to a 'place of spirits or ghosts'.

History

The Aboriginal inhabitants of the Chowilla region were the Maraura people. The first European exploration was the expedition of Capt Charles Sturt in 1830. There were no further European incursions until 1838, when Hawdon and Bonney were the first to overland livestock between NSW and South Australia. Theirs was the harbinger of numerous such overlanding expeditions over the following years, the increasing pace and scale of which climaxed in conflict known as the Rufus River massacre at nearby Lake Victoria. Hostilities between Aboriginals and Europeans abated following that, such that by 1846 the first pastoralist settlers arrived in the district, led by Fred Handcock, Henry Jones, James Fisher, and Ned Bagot.

References

1 2 3 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
↑ "Fire Management Plan, Bookmark Mallee 2009-2019" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 54. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
↑ "Regional reserves". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

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Protected areas of South Australia

National parks	Belair Canunda Coffin Bay Coorong Flinders Chase Ikara-Flinders Ranges Gawler Ranges Great Australian Bight Marine Innes Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens Lincoln Malkumba-Coongie Mount Remarkable Murray River Naracoorte Caves Nullarbor Onkaparinga River Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges Witjira

Conservation parks	Acraman Creek Aldinga Scrub Althorpe Islands Angove Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bakara Baudin Baudin Rocks Beachport Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Breakaways Butchers Gap Cap Island Cape Blanche Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Carpenter Rocks Carribie Chadinga Cleland Clinton Cooltong Cox Scrub Cygnet Estuary Danggali Deep Creek Douglas Point Dudley Eba Island Ediacara Elliot Price Eric Bonython Ewens Ponds Fairview Ferguson Finniss Fort Glanville Fowlers Bay Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Giles Goose Island Greenly Island Guichen Bay Gum Laqoon Kelly Hill Hacks Lagoon Hale Hallett Cove Hincks Horsnell Gully Ironstone Hill Kaiserstuhl Kellidie Bay Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lashmar Lathami Laura Bay Lesueur Leven Beach Lincoln Lipson Island Little Dip Mamungari Mantung Marino Martindale Hall Minlacowie Moana Sands Montacute Morialta Mount Brown Mount Dutton Bay Mount Magnificent Mount Taylor Munyaroo Nene Valley Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Nicolas Baudin Island Ngarkat Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Para Wirra Parndana Peebinga Penguin Island Pelican Lagoon Pigface Island Point Bell Point Davenport Point Labatt Piccaninnie Ponds Pinkawillinie Port Gawler Pualco Range Pullen Island Rocky Island (North) Ramsay Rocky Island (South) Salt Lagoon Islands Sceale Bay Scott Creek Seal Bay Searcy Bay Seddon Simpson Simpson Desert Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Mere Spring Gully Talisker Tallaringa Telowie Gorge The Dutchmans Stern The Pages Torrens Island Troubridge Island Tumby Island Venus Bay Vivonne Bay Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Wahgunyah Waitpinga Waldegrave Islands Warrenben West Island Whidbey Isles Whyalla Wills Creek Winninowie Wittelbee

Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Chowilla Currency Creek Lake Robe Loch Luna Moorook Mud Islands Poocher Swamp Tolderol

Recreation parks	Anstey Hill Blackwood Forest Brownhill Creek Caratoola Cobbler Creek Granite Island Greenhill Long Island O'Halloran Hill Onkaparinga River Shepherds Hill Sturt Gorge Totness

Regional Reserves	Chowilla Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Simpson Desert Strzelecki Yellabinna

Conservation reserves	Bernouilli

Wilderness Protection Areas	Billiatt Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Danggali Hambridge Hincks Investigator Group Memory Cove Nullarbor Nuyts Archipelago Ravine des Casoars Western River Yellabinna

Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet Blanche Harbour Coobowie Cowleds Landing Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Yatala Harbour

Other protected areas	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Arkaroola Protection Area

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Chowilla Regional Reserve

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