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Nilpena Ediacara National Park, comprising the former Ediacara Conservation Park and an additional 60,000 ha (150,000 acres), is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia about 30 kilometres (19 miles) south west of the town of Leigh Creek in the state's Far North, around 600 km (370 mi) north of the city of Adelaide. The national park was proclaimed in June 2021.

For other uses, see Ediacara.

Nilpena Ediacara National Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Nilpena Ediacara National Park
Nearest town or cityLeigh Creek
Coordinates30°48′20.52″S 138°8′5.28″E[1]
Established11 November 1993 (1993-11-11)[2]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
WebsiteNilpena Ediacara National Park
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

History



Conservation park


The Ediacara Conservation Park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 26 April 2007 over land previously declared as a conservation reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 in 1993 and as a fossil reserve in 1958.[3][2][4][5][6]: ii [7]


National park


On 28 March 2019, the Government of South Australia purchased 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of adjacent land, to enlarge the conservation park by ten times.[8][9] The land, formerly owned by from the Nilpena Pastoral Company, extends as far as Lake Torrens National Park.[10] The entire area was reclassified and proclaimed as Nilpena Ediacara National Park on 17 June 2021.[11] A visitor hub and Ediacara Fossil experience were developed in 2021, expected to commence in 2022.[10][12]


Description


The national park lies around 600 km (370 mi) north of Adelaide, to the east of Lake Torrens National Park,[12] about 30 kilometres (19 miles) and south-west of the town of Leigh Creek.[6]: 5 

There is a theory that Ediacara is derived from the Adnyamathanha language name "Ithiaka-na-danha, where Ithi means zebra finch and aka – na-danha means "to come out", which is used as the name for the area in which the conservation park was located.[6]: 2 ; but see Ediacara Hills#Word origin.

The conservation park was created to protect and conserve an "assemblage of fossilised Ediacaran soft-bodied marine organisms of international importance," "places of significance" to the Adnyamathanha people, "remnants of mining history associated with the Ediacara mineral field," and an "important chenopod habitat."[6]: 4  It was classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1] The fossil reserve is also listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[13]


See also



References


  1. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "National Parks and Wildlife (Ediacara Conservation Park) Proclamation 2007". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 26 April 2007. p. 1354. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. "Search result for Ediacara Conservation Park (record id no SA0021938)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  5. "Search result for Ediacara Conservation Reserve (record id no SA0021939)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2009a. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  7. "Ediacara Reserve, Ediacara Station via Beltana, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 7783)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. MacLennan, Leah. "Ediacara Conservation Park expanded to protect ancient Flinders Ranges fossils". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. Finkel, Elizabeth (29 March 2019). "Saving Fossil Hill". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 363 (6434): 1382–1385.
  10. "Nilpena Ediacara National Park". National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  11. "Nilpena is officially a new national park". Department for Environment and Water. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  12. Birdjan, Tijana (25 June 2021). "SA gets a new national park the size of Singapore". InDaily. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  13. "Ediacara Fossil Reserve Palaeontological Site, Ediacara Conservation Reserve [Note that National Heritage Place 24300 Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena is 20km to the south]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.


Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Nilpena Ediacara National Park.


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