Talisker Conservation Park
Silverton, South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Talisker mine open cut
Talisker Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Talisker Conservation Park
Talisker Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityCape Jervis[2]
Coordinates35°37′20″S 138°09′08″E / 35.62222°S 138.15222°E / -35.62222; 138.15222
Established28 November 1985[3]
Area2.11 km2 (0.8 sq mi)[4]
Visitation"25,000−30,000"[a] (in 1997)[5]: 20 
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Talisker Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south-western area of the Fleurieu Peninsula near the town of Cape Jervis and adjacent to Deep Creek Conservation Park. The conservation park covers 211 ha (520 acres) including areas of thick scrub, some steep walking tracks and the heritage-listed remains of a nineteenth century silver and lead mine.[4][6]

Talisker became a conservation park in 1976[citation needed] after a period of 104 years of intermittent mining activity in the area. The conservation park owes its name to the two McLeod brothers who discovered an outcrop of silver-lead ore while searching for gold in 1862.[7] The Talisker Mining company was formed the same year to extract the ore from the lode the McLeods named the 'Talisker of Scotland' after a locality in their homeland, the 'Isle of Skye'.[8]

Land within the conservation park's boundaries is known to be a site for Pterostylis bryophila (Hindmarsh Valley Greenhood), a species of plant which is listed as "critically endangered" by the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as "endangered" by the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[9]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Visitor numbers shared with Deep Creek Conservation Park

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Search results for "Talisker Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ Cornwall, J.R. (28 November 1985). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: SECTIONS 30 AND 43—CONSTITUTION OF TALISKER CONSERVATION PARK" (PDF). Government of South Australia. p. 1612. Retrieved 25 September 2019. Sections 420 and 421, Hundred of Waitpinga.
  4. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. ^ Deep Creek and Talisker Conservation Parks management plan, Fleurieu, South Australia (PDF), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (South Australia), 1997, p. 20, ISBN 978-0-7308-5830-0, retrieved 25 September 2019
  6. ^ Tilbrook, Kym (7 March 2003). "Covering the best of our parks". Adelaide Advertiser. News Ltd. Retrieved 24 September 2013.[dead link]
  7. ^ Tilbrook, Kym (30 April 2006). "They're creatures from the Deep". Sunday Mail. News Ltd. Retrieved 24 September 2013.[dead link]
  8. ^ Tilbrook, Kym (12 July 2002). "Take a walk on the wild side". Adelaide Advertiser. News Ltd. p. 74. Retrieved 24 September 2013.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Approved Conservation Advice for Pterostylis bryophila (Hindmarsh Valley Greenhood)" (PDF). Australian Government. 1 October 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

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Protected areas of South Australia
Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
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