| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
BELAIR |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Mitcham Council |
| Polygon Type |
D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Belair National Park State Heritage Area |
| Registered Name |
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| Significance |
The Belair National Park is significant as South Australia's first national park (1891) and was for much of its life known simply as 'National Park'. It was the second national park in Australia after Royal National Park near Sydney (1879) and the tenth in the world. Established after a decade long campaign, it signifies the growing public commitment at the time to the retention of natural areas for both conservation and recreation. However, the 1891 Act had a strong recreational rather than conservation focus.
Evidence of the Park's subsequent history under the management of appointed Commissioners is apparent in the ovals, pavilions, exotic tree plantings and other improvements which reflect changing conceptions of recreation and conservation. The Park was created on land originally set aside in the 1840s as the Government Farm and contains the first Governor's summer residence (registered place 10662), built in 1859. (Based on 'Belair Recreation Park Management Plan' 1989) |
| Subject Index |
Landscape area - State Heritage Area [Landscape]; Recreation and entertainment - Sports Venue; Parks, gardens and trees - Park; Landscape area - Natural Landscape |
| Class |
State Her Area |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
SHA - State Heritage Area (SA Heritage Act 1978) |
| Status Date |
19-SEP-1985 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
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| State Heritage ID |
11552 |
| Heritage Number |
27556 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
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