Parndana Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Parndana Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = iii | iucn_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|35|45|30|S|137|19|45|E|display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = yes | label = Parndana Conservation Park | label_position = left | location = [[South Australia]] | established = {{start date|1968|09|26|df=y}}<ref name="SAGG-1968">{{cite web |last1=DeGaris |first1=R.C. |title=NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF SEDDON—PARNDANA NATIONAL PARK DECLARED |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1968/42/941.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=South Australian Government |access-date=14 June 2018 |page=941 |date=26 September 1968}}</ref> | area_ha = 625 | area_km2 = | area_ref = <ref name=ReserveList>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-30june2015.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = [[Parndana, South Australia|Parndana]], | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (South Australia)|Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources]] | website = }}

''' Parndana Conservation Park''' (formerly Parndana National Park) is a [[protected area]] in [[South Australia]] located on [[Kangaroo Island]]. It was dedicated in 1968 for the protection of remnant native vegetation.<ref name=mp/>

==Description== The conservation park has an area of {{convert|580|ha}} and is located in the locality of [[Cassini, South Australia|Cassini]] about {{convert|7|km}} north-east of the town of [[Parndana, South Australia|Parndana]] in the central part of the island, about {{convert|30|km}} west of [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]].<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Parndana Conservation Park" (Record no SA0053655) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=mp/> The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category III – natural monument or feature|IUCN Category III protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2014SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/d00ca066-1c8c-412a-9e16-2a37647454a7/files/capad2014sa.xlsx|work=CAPAD 2012|publisher=Australian Government - Department of the Environment|access-date=13 March 2015|date=2014}}</ref>

==Flora and fauna== Most of the area of the conservation park carries low open forest and shrubland featuring ''[[Eucalyptus baxteri]]'' and ''[[Eucalyptus cosmophylla|E. cosmophylla]]'' over ''[[Allocasuarina muelleriana]]'', ''[[Banksia marginata]]'', ''[[Banksia ornate|B. ornata]]'', ''[[Xanthorrhoea tateana]]'', ''[[Leptospermum myrsinoides]]'' and ''[[Hakea]]'' sp. Some areas along drainage lines have an open forest or woodland of ''[[Eucalyptus cladocalyx|E. cladocalyx]]'' over ''[[Acacia paradoxa]]''. The conservation park provides feeding and nesting habitat for [[glossy black cockatoo]]s.<ref name=mp>{{cite book |title=Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan|author=Anon |year=1987 |publisher=Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia |location=Adelaide |isbn=0-7243-8983-0|pages=60–63|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e41e4e27-da1d-4a81-970a-9e4f00b185f9/PARKS_PDFS_CP_OF_KI_MP.pdf}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Protected areas of South Australia]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/parndana-conservation-park Parndana Conservation Park webpage on protected planet]

[[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:1968 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1968]]