Ferguson Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date= May 2015}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Ferguson Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = iii | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|34.930996797 |S|138.670183002|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Ferguson Conservation Park | label_position = | location = South Australia | established = {{start date|1949|06|24|df=y}}<ref name=MP>{{cite web|title= Ferguson Conservation Park Management Plan |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/parks_pdfs_ferguson_cp_mp.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment and Planning|date=1984|access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref>{{rp|16 & 21}}<ref name=donation>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36373731 |title=Erindale Park Given To State |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=24 June 1949 |access-date=10 November 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | area_ha = 8 | area_km2 = | area_ref = <ref name=ReserveList>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b88e6e26-4bd9-4c68-8fff-9e800114eb69/park-management-protected-areas-gen.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref> | visitation_num = 83 (per week) | visitation_year = 1977 | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = Adelaide city centre<ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search results for 'Ferguson Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=138.68345&y=-34.93427&z=15&uids=41,19,105&pinx=138.672370&piny=-34.930720&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Ferguson+Conservation+Park,+Park |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> | nearest_town = | governing_body = Department for Environment and Water | website = {{official|http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Adelaide_Hills/Ferguson_Conservation_Park}} }} '''Ferguson Conservation Park''', formerly '''Ferguson National Pleasure Resort''' and '''Ferguson Recreation Park''', is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located within the Adelaide metropolitan area in the suburb of Stonyfell, about {{convert|6.5|km|abbr=off}} east of the Adelaide city centre.<ref name="LMV"/><ref name=MP/>{{rp|1}}

The conservation park consists of land in section 687 (formerly part section 289) of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Adelaide. It is bounded by St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School to the north-west, a private residence to the east, and by the following roads: Stonyfell Road to the north-east, Marble Terrace to the south and Hallett Road to the west.<ref name="LMV"/><ref name="SAGG-1976">{{cite web |last1=Banfield |first1=D.H. |title=NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972-1974: FERGUSON RECREATION PARK ABOLISHED AND FERGUSON CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED |url= http://www9.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1976/27/3168.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=South Australian Government |access-date=31 May 2018 |page=3168 |date=24 June 1976}}</ref><ref name=MP/>{{rp|1 & 4}}

The land which is occupied by the conservation park was originally donated to the Government of South Australia on 24 June 1949 by its previous owner, Alice Effie Ferguson, with the request that it be dedicated as a national pleasure resort “for the benefit of the public in perpetuity”. The national pleasure resort was managed by the South Australian Government Tourist Bureau until 27 April 1972 when the land was re-dedicated under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' as the ''Ferguson Recreation Park''.<ref name=donation/><ref name=MP/>{{rp| 16 & 21}}<ref name=NPWact>{{cite journal |title= No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972) |journal= The South Australian Government Gazette|date= 27 April 1972|pages= 660 & 704|url= http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/num_act/npawa56o1972293/ |access-date= 10 November 2018 |publisher= Government of South Australia}}</ref> The recreation park was abolished on 24 June 1976 and then re-constituted as a conservation park, with the latter being dedicated on 2 June 1977 following the discovery of a procedural error.<ref name=MP/>{{rp|21}}<ref name="SAG-1977">{{cite web |last1=Hopgood |first1=D.J. |title=NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972-1974: CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1977/24/1580.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=10 November 2018 |page=1580 |date=2 June 1977}}</ref> The land was part of a larger holding of which the remainder is now occupied by St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School.<ref name=MP/>{{rp|iii, 1, 4}}

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> In 1980, the conservation park was listed on the former Register of the National Estate.<ref name=AHD>{{cite AHD|6477|Ferguson Conservation Park - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate|21 October 1980|access-date=31 May 2018 }}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Adelaide_Hills/Ferguson_Conservation_Park Official webpage] *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/24334 Ferguson Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson Conservation Park}} Category:Conservation parks of South Australia Category:Protected areas in Adelaide Category:Protected areas established in 1949 Category:1949 establishments in Australia Category:South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate