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]
Acacia cyperophylla , growing along 3 O'Clock Creek in Witjira National Park
History
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] In 2007, it became the first protected area in South Australia to have formal joint management arrangements between its 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
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] It was listed on the now-defunct 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]
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