"were lost to 'Government Reserves'". In 1902, The Herald noted that a total area of 489 acres had been taken from park la In 2018, the loss is about 568 acres. The part of the Park Lands not in the "Government Reserves" have been managed and maintained by the Adelaide City Council since 1852, and since February 2007, the Adelaide Park Lands Authority has advised council and government.

On 7 November 2008 the Federal Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett,