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==Protected area status== |
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Bon Bon Reserve has [[protected area]] status within the Australian [[National Reserve System]] due to the property being subject to a conservation covenant where BHA has agreed to it being “reserved in perpetuity.’’<ref name=CAPAD2014SASum/><ref name=NRS-inclusion>{{cite web|title= Standards for inclusion in the National Reserve System |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/3df08422-272a-416d-917d-0094270a9de7/files/inclusionstandards.pdf |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |page=2 |access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> Bon Bon Reserve is classified as an |
Bon Bon Reserve has [[protected area]] status within the Australian [[National Reserve System]] due to the property being subject to a conservation covenant where BHA has agreed to it being “reserved in perpetuity.’’<ref name=CAPAD2014SASum/><ref name=NRS-inclusion>{{cite web|title= Standards for inclusion in the National Reserve System |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/3df08422-272a-416d-917d-0094270a9de7/files/inclusionstandards.pdf |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |page=2 |access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> Bon Bon Reserve is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category II – national park|Category II protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2014SASum/> |
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==See also== |
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Latest revision as of 06:38, 12 October 2025
Bon Bon Reserve is a 2,164-square-kilometre (836-square-mile) private protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia, west of the town of Roxby Downs in the Woomera Prohibited Area.[2] It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA). It forms an important link of protected land between Yellabinna Regional Reserve and Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park.[citation needed]
Bon Bon Reserve was a sheep station for 150 years before being purchased by BHA in 2008 with assistance from the Australian and South Australian governments.[3] The station ran an average of approximately 15,000 head of sheep between 1970 and 1989 with flocks exceeding 23,000 at times prior to this.[4] The owner of Bon Bon Station, Grazier Paul Blight, sold the property to Bush Heritage Australia in 2008 for A$4 million with the state and federal governments sharing in the cost. Blight had kept stock numbers low to give the vegetation a chance to regenerate and wanted the property to continue to be managed in an environmentally sensitive manner.[5]
The land occupying the extent of the Bon Bon reserve was gazetted by the Government of South Australia as a locality in April 2013 under the name ‘Bon Bon’.[6]
Landscape and vegetation
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Bon Bon Reserve is characterised by arid-zone woodlands, mulga shrublands, bluebush plains and salt lakes. At the heart of the property is Lake Puckridge, a large (8 km by 4 km), ephemeral freshwater wetland that only fills, on average, every ten years, when it becomes an important site for many waders and waterbirds. The property also contains stands of Sandalwood.[3]
Threatened animal species either known or thought likely to be present on Bon Bon Reserve include plains-wanderer, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo, chestnut-breasted whiteface, thick-billed grasswren and southern hairy-nosed wombat.[3]
Protected area status
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Bon Bon Reserve has protected area status within the Australian National Reserve System due to the property being subject to a conservation covenant where BHA has agreed to it being “reserved in perpetuity.’’[1][7] Bon Bon Reserve is classified as an IUCN Category II protected area.[1]
