This article is about the conservation park in South Australia. For the island, see Pullen Island (South Australia).

Pullen Island Conservation Park is a protected area includes all of Pullen Island about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles) south of Port Elliot in South Australia and about 94 kilometres (58 miles) south of Adelaide.[4]

The park was proclaimed in 1972 under National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 replacing earlier protected area status as a Fauna Conservation Reserve which was proclaimed in 1967. The protected area status exists to protect the island as a breeding area for sea birds such as little penguins and silver gulls.[4]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category IA protected area.[1] In 1980, it was included on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[5]

Climate

Pullen Island Conservation Park has a moderate climate with an average temperature of 15 °C and an average rainfall of 766 milimeters per year. The warmest and driest month is December (22 °C with 22 milimetres of rainfall). The wettest and coldest month is June (8 °C with an average rainfall of 142 millimetres).

References

  1. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929–1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED" (PDF). THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. Government of South Australia. 16 March 1967. pp. 961–962. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Island conservation parks of Backstairs Passage and Encounter Bay management plans (PDF). Adelaide: National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Planning. 1983. pp. iii, 23–29. ISBN 0-7243-4588-4.
  5. ^ "Pullen Island Conservation Park, Freeman Nob, Port Elliot, SA, Australia – listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 7635)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

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