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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
May 9, 1950. 
Flora Board of S.A. can therefore have no 
. jurisdiction over lands other than on Kan- 
garoo Island and the Act cannot apply to 
other lands on the mainland or other islands 
of S.A. 
The writer has long advocated that the 
Act is all that is required or could be 
desired for the protection and preservation of 
Fauna and Flora of the State, and that the 
control of all Sanctuaries and Reserves 
except possibly those reserves known as 
National Pleasure Resorts, which are under 
the control of the State Tourist Bureau, 
should be placed under the control of or 
vested in the Fauna and Flora Board of S.A. 
The personnel of this Board to-day is as 
follows: — 
Sir James Gosse, Chairman, and Mr. Alex 
Melrose — nominated by Government. Pro- 
fessor J. B. Cleland and Professor A. A. 
Abbie — nominated by the University. Pro- 
fessor Harvey Johnston and Professor J. G. 
Wood — nominated by Royal Society of S.A. 
In view of the legal opinion above men- 
tioned the Act would need amending or if 
necessary a new Act passed to empower the 
Board to control Sanctuaries and Reserves 
outside of Kangaroo Island, and it is the 
writer’s considered opinion that this should 
be attended to at an early date. It may be 
necessary to reconstruct the Board by the 
appointment of more members, for it can 
be realised that its jurisdiction would cover 
a very wide and varied field. It would 
probably be expedient for the Board to 
appoint Sub-Committees from its members 
to deal with particular problems likely to 
be met with. 
Throughout the years quite a number of 
sanctuaries and reserves have been gazetted 
for the purposes of the protection and preser- 
vation of our Fauna and Flora. A list 
of these areas, together with the acreage, 
date of gazettal, and some comments as to 
why they were selected follows: — 
SANCTUARIES DECLARED UNDER THE 
ANIMALS AND BIRDS PROTECTION ACT 
Locality (L.), Area in Acres (A.), Date 
Gazetted (G.), Object of Closure (0.). 
(L.) HD. PORT ADELAIDE (Explosive 
Magazine Reserve, Dry Creek); (A.) 278 
acres; (G.) 1907. 
(0.) To keep shooters from entering 
a dangerous zone. 
DANCEROLIS REEF (Pt. Lincoln vicinity), 
PAGES (vicinity of Cape Willoughby, Kan- 
gaioo Island), and CASUARINA IS. (south 
of Cape De Couedie, south coast of Kangaroo 
Island) ; 90 acres; 1909. 
To protect nesting sea birds — shags, 
terns, mutton birds, Mother Carey 
chickens. 
BUSBY, BEATRICE AND ADJOINING IS- 
LANDS (near Kingscote, Kangaroo Island) : 
50 acres; 1909. 
To protect nesting sea birds — shags 
in particular. 
ISLANDS OF COFFINS BAY, PT. DOUG- 
LAS, KELLIDIE BAY AND MT. DUTTON 
BAY (southern Eyre Peninsula); 57 acres: 
1909. 
To protect the Rock Parrot. 
ISLANDS OF LAKE ALBERT PASSAGE 
(near Naming) ; 1 J acres; 1913. 
To protect swans, plover and nesting 
game birds, e.g. ducks and teal. 
LAKE CARLET (upstream from Mannum. 
River Murray); 606 acres; 1916. 
To protect nesting birds such as ducks, 
swans, spoonbills, ibis and plover, 
and the game birds (ducks and teal). 
This sanctuary is marked by all-metal 
road type sign, “Bird Sanctuary No 
Shooting.” 
PEARSON’S ISLES, PART OF INVESTI- 
GATORS GROUP (in the Australian Bight, 
42 miles south-west from Elliston; 4,160 
acres; 1916. 
COBDOGLA IRRIGATION AREA (near 
Barmera and includes Lake Bonney, River 
Murray) ; 16,000 acres; 1917. 
To protect ducks, especially those 
occurring on Lake Bonney — a favorite 
tourist resort. 
LAKE BONNEY AND ISLAND, SOUTH- 
EAST (near Millicent) ; 750 acres; 1920. 
To protect freshwater birds and game 
birds during open season and wombats 
which otherwise are unprotected in 
this area. 
CAMPBELL PARK RESERVE (shores of 
Lake Albert) ; 9,600 acres; 1923. 
This is to protect particularly Cape 
Barren Geese, but other protected and 
game birds are here cared for. This 
sanctuary marked by all-metal road 
type sign “Bird Sanctuary No Shoot- 
ing.” 
REEDY POINT, LAKE ALEXANDRIA 
(near Milang) ; 1,700 acres; 1923. 
