NATIONAL WILDERNESS RED INDEX

Published by the Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. 30/09/94
Level 2, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000.
Ph (02) 9261 2400; Fax (02) 9261 2144.

Name:

HINCKS

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

The Hincks area is located in the south central Eyre Peninsula.

Size
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DESCRIPTION

The Hincks area is located in the south central Eyre Peninsula, immediately
south of the Hambidge Conservation Park. The area consists chiefly of an
undulating plain with parallel sand dunes running northwest to southeast
occupying the northern portion, while most of the southern portion comprises
limestone flats interspersed with a shallow terra rossa like soil. [1]

Mallee-Broombush associates ucalyptus incrassata, Eucalyptus foecunda, Melaleuca
uncinata are common over the whole of the reserve, their distribution depending
on soil type. The vegetaion of Eyre Peninsula is of particular interest because
it contains a number of plants found only there and also has links with the
Western Australia flora. [2]

Animals which either occur or could be expected to occur in the Hincks area are
the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus melanops), the Euro (Macropus
robustus), Fat-tailed Marsupial Mouse (Sminthopsis crassicaudata). Western Pygmy
Possum (Cercartetus concinnus) and Mitchell's Hopping Mouse (Notomys mitchelli).
The birds show some affinities with those of Western Australia and some with
those of the east. [3]

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS


The Hincks area is largely contained within a conservation park and although
relatively undisturbed, its wilderness quality is reduced by close proximity to
both access and the surrounding cultivated landscape of mixed agriculture and
livestock grazing. [4]

CONTACTS

No contacts are recorded from that area.
ENDNOTES
1
Prineas, P., Lembit, R., Fisher, N., 1986, "Australia's Wilderness An
Inventory".

2
Prineas, 1986.

3
Prineas, 1986.

4
Prineas, 1986.

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