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Witjira National Park South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)^[1]
Dalhousie Springs in Witjira National Park
Witjira National Park
Nearest town or city	Finke
Coordinates	26°20′20″S 135°40′30″E / 26.3388494009999°S 135.675051581°E / -26.3388494009999; 135.675051581^[1]
Established	21 November 1985 (1985-11-21)^[2]
Area	7,726.73 km² (2,983.3 sq mi)^[3]
Visitation	15,000 (in 2009)^[4]
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Water Witjira Co-management Board
Website	Witjira National Park
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Witjira National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia about 987 kilometres (613 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide.^[4]

History

The national park was proclaimed on 21 November 1985 to "protect Australia’s largest array of artesian springs: the nationally significant Dalhousie Mound Springs complex".^[2]^[4] In 2007, it became the first protected area in South Australia to have formal joint management arrangements between its traditional owners and the Government of South Australia.^[4]

The extent of land occupied by the national park was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Witjira".^[5]

On 26 November 2021, the government changed the conditions of the park, to forever exclude mining in the Dalhousie Springs National Heritage Area.^[6]

Description

As of 2018, it covered an area of 7,726.73 square kilometres (2,983.31 sq mi).^[3]

The national park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.^[1] It was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate during or after 1998.^[7]

The historic Dalhousie Homestead Ruins, from the former Dalhousie Station, lie within the national park and are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[8]

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Hopgood, D.J. (21 November 1985). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: SECTIONS 28 and 43: CONSTITUTION OF WITJIRA NATIONAL PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1544. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Witjira National Park Management Plan 2009" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. May 2009. pp. I, 1 & 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Search result for "Witjira (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067224) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ Speirs, David (26 November 2021). "SA now home to Australia's biggest national park". Premier of South Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2021. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
^ "Place ID {{{1}}}". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
^ "Dalhousie Homestead Ruins, Witjira National Park". South Australian Heritage Register. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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Aboriginal peoples of South Australia

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APY Lands:	Amaṯa Iltur Indulkana Kalka Kaltjiti (Fregon) Kaṉpi Makiri Mimili Mintabie Nyapaṟi Pipalyatjara Pukatja (Ernabella) Umuwa Watarru Yunyarinyi
Other:	Akenta (Poonindie) Davenport (Umeewarra) Gerard Koonibba Manunka Nepabunna Oak Valley Point Pearce Raukkan (Point McLeay) Swan Reach Yalata
Former:	Colebrook Killalpaninna Ooldea

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Arkaroo 'Dreamtime' (muda, mura-mura, tjukurrpa, etc.) Tjilbruke Muldjewangk Ngiṉṯaka Wati-kutjara
Indigenous protected areas:	Watarru Mount Willoughby
Co-managed protected areas:	Dhilba Guuranda-Innes Elliot Price Conservation Park Gawler Ranges National Park Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park (part) Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park Lake Gairdner National Park Ikara–Flinders Ranges National Park Innamincka Regional Reserve Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park Mamungari Conservation Park Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area Nullarbor Regional Reserve Pureba Conservation Park Strzelecki Regional Reserve Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges National Park Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park Witjira National Park Yumbarra Conservation Park

Languages

Adnyamathanha Antakirinja Arabana Barngarla Dieri Kaurna Narungga Ngadjuri Ngamini (Yarluyandi) Ngarrindjeri Paakantyi Wangkangurru Western Desert language (dialects: Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara) Wirangu Yandruwandha Yarli (Malyangapa) Yuyu
Language groups:	Lower Murray languages Thura-Yura languages Sign languages
Words:	Aṉangu (Western Desert language) Nunga (Aboriginal English)

Laws

Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 Aboriginal Witnesses Act Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 Laws concerning Indigenous Australians Letters Patent
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Witjira National Park

History

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References

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