Olive Island Conservation Park

Olive Island Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Olive Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Streaky Bay.
Coordinates	32°43′17″S 133°58′6″E / 32.72139°S 133.96833°E / -32.72139; 133.96833Coordinates: 32°43′17″S 133°58′6″E / 32.72139°S 133.96833°E / -32.72139; 133.96833
Established	16 March 1967^[1]
Area	21 ha (52 acres)^[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Olive Island Conservation Park is a protected area associated with Olive Island which is located off the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about 25 kilometres (16 miles) west-northwest of Streaky Bay. The park was declared as Fauna Conservation Reserve in March 1967, and was re-proclaimed in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 to ‘conserve a significant Australian sea lion breeding habitat.’ The conservation park is classified as an International Union for Conservation of Nature Category Ia protected area.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Olive Island Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. p. 4. ISBN 1-921238-18-6.
↑ "CAPAD 2012 South Australia Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

External links

Olive Island Conservation Park webpage on protected planet

Protected areas of South Australia
National parks	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary 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 Bangham Barwell Bascombe Well Baudin Baudin Rocks Beachport Beatrice Islet Beyeria Big Heath Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Boondina Breakaways Busby Islet Butchers Gap Calpatanna Waterhole Cap Island Cape Blanche Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Caralue Bluff Carappee Hill Carpenter Rocks Carribie Chadinga Cleland Clements Gap Clinton Cocata Cooltong Corrobinnie Hill Cox Scrub Custon Cygnet Estuary Danggali Darke Range Dingley Dell Deep Creek Desert Camp Douglas Point Dudley Eba Island Ediacara Elliot Price Eric Bonython Ewens Ponds Fairview Ferguson Ferries-McDonald Finniss Fort Glanville Fowlers Bay Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Gawler Ranges Giles Goose Island Grass Tree Greenly Island Guichen Bay Gum Laqoon Hacks Lagoon Hale Hallett Cove Heggaton Hincks Horsnell Gully Ironstone Hill Kaiserstuhl Kapunda Island Kathai Kellidie Bay Kelly Hill Kelvin Powrie Kenneth Stirling Kinchina Kulliparu Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lashmar Lathami Laura Bay Lawari Lesueur Leven Beach Lincoln Lipson Island Little Dip Malgra Mamungari Mantung Marino Martindale Hall Mary Seymour Media Island Middlecamp Hills Minlacowie Moana Sands Monarto Woodlands Montacute Moody Tank Morialta Mount Brown Mount Dutton Bay Mount Magnificent Mount Scott Mount Taylor Mullinger Swamp Munyaroo Murrunatta Nene Valley Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Nicolas Baudin Island Ngarkat Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Para Wirra Paranki Lagoon Parndana Peachna Peebinga Penambol Penguin Island Pelican Lagoon Pigface Island Pine Hill Soak Point Bell Point Davenport Point Labatt Piccaninnie Ponds Pinkawillinie Port Gawler Pualco Range Pullen Island Pureba Ramsay Rilli Island Rocky Island (North) Rocky Island (South) Roonka Rudall Salt Lagoon Islands Sceale Bay Scott Creek Seal Bay Searcy Bay Seddon Shannon Sheoak Hill Simpson Simpson Desert Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Mere Spring Gully Talapar Talisker Tallaringa Telford Scrub Telowie Gorge The Dutchmans Stern The Pages The Plug Range Torrens Island Troubridge Island Tucknott Scrub Tumby Island Venus Bay Verran Tanks Vivonne Bay Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Wahgunyah Waitpinga Waldegrave Islands Wanilla Wanilla Land Settlement Warrenben West Island Wharminda Whidbey Isles Whyalla Wiljani Wills Creek Winninowie Wittelbee Yeldulknie Yumbarra
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 Buckleboo Bunbury Bunkers Cortlinye Cox Scrub Cunyarie Desert Camp Hardings Springs Lacroma Moongi Mootra Pinkawillinie Reservoir Poolgarra Tola Former conservation reserves
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-St Kilda Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Coobowie Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Encounter Bay Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Yatala Harbour
Other protected areas	Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Arkaroola Protection Area

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