Gluepot Reserve

This article is about the private protected area in South Australia. For the associated locality, see Gluepot, South Australia.

Gluepot Reserve is a private protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the gazetted locality of Gluepot about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the town of Waikerie.^[3]

Gluepot Reserve South Australia
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1]
Vegetation at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia
Gluepot Reserve
Nearest town or city	Waikerie
Coordinates	33°45′23.75″S 140°14′47.39″E[1]
Established	27 June 2000 (2000-06-27)[1]
Area	541.16 km2 (208.9 sq mi)[2][1]
Managing authorities	BirdLife Australia
Website	Gluepot Reserve
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

History

Gluepot was established by Birds Australia (now BirdLife Australia) in 1997, by purchase, through a public appeal, of Gluepot Station, a pastoral lease with an area of 540 square kilometres (210 square miles) in the semi-arid Murray Mallee region of South Australia. The decision to purchase Gluepot Station, Birds Australia's first reserve, was taken in order to protect its outstanding floral and fauna values, under threat because of an application by the lessee to burn the property to provide grazing for sheep.^{[citation needed]}

Birds

Nearly 200 species of birds have been recorded at Gluepot Reserve. These include the nationally threatened malleefowl, regent parrot, red-lored whistler, and black-eared miner. A further 33 species are considered to be regionally threatened. Scarlet-chested parrots are known to have bred on Gluepot in the past, and still visit the reserve.^[4]

Conservation

Gluepot Reserve has a protected area status due to being the subject of a native vegetation heritage agreement created under the Native Vegetation Act 1991 (SA) where its owner, BirdLife Australia, has agreed to protect the property's native vegetation in perpetuity. It is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area,^[1] and lies within both the Riverland Biosphere Reserve and the Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area.^[5][6][7]

See also

• Protected areas of South Australia
• Taylorville Station (reserve)
• Calperum Station (reserve)

References

1. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
2. "Gluepot Reserve) Official Record for Unnamed (No.HA1196)". World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), a joint project of IUCN and UNEP. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
3. "Search result for " Gluepot (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067066) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. Tzaros, C.; Waanders, P. (2012). "Scarlet Fever". BirdLife Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
5. "Gluepot". BirdLife Australia. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
6. "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Riverland Mallee". BirdLife International. 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
7. "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2014 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

External links

• Gluepot Reserve's official website