Billiatt Wilderness Protection Area

Protected area in South Australia

35°00′50″S 140°23′25″E / 35.013867266°S 140.390333169°E / -35.013867266; 140.390333169^[2]Established24 July 2008 (2008-07-24)^[3]^[4]Area591.25 km² (228.3 sq mi)^[5]Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and WaterSee alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Billiatt Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Lameroo in South Australia.^[1]^[3]

The wilderness protection area occupies in land in the gazetted localities of Billiatt, Lameroo and Sandalwood.^[1]

The wilderness protection area was proclaimed under the Wilderness Protection Act 1992 on 24 July 2008 on land excised from the Billiatt Conservation Park.^[6]

It is classified as an IUCN Category Ib protected area.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search results for 'Billiatt Wilderness Protection Area' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian Government. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ ^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 "Wilderness Advisory Committee Annual Report 2012-13" (PDF). Annual Report: 14. September 2013. ISSN 1832-9357. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^ "Wilderness Protection (Billiatt Wilderness Protection Area) Proclamation 2008". The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 24 July 2008. p. 3476. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
^ "Reserves of the Billiatt District Management Plan 2011" (PDF). Department of Environment and Natural Resources. p. 1. Retrieved 11 January 2015.