Desert Camp Conservation Park

This article is about the conservation park in South Australia. For the adjacent protected area, see Desert Camp Conservation Reserve.

Desert Camp Conservation Park
Marcollat[1], South Australia
Desert Camp Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Desert Camp Conservation Park
Desert Camp Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityKeith.[1]
Coordinates36°29′02″S 140°21′07″E / 36.4840°S 140.3519°E / -36.4840; 140.3519[2]
Established27 July 1967 (1967-07-27)[3]
Area51 hectares (130 acres)[4]
Visitation‘limited’ (in 1992)[5]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Desert Camp Conservation Park (formerly Desert Camp National Parks Reserve and Desert Camp National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's Limestone Coast region in the gazetted locality of Marcollat about 44 kilometres (27 mi) south of the town centre in Keith.[1]

The conservation park occupies land in sections 87 and 105 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Marcollat on the northern side of Rowney Road which is also known as the Kingston - Keith road. The land originally gained protected area status on 27 July 1967, when section 87 was gazetted under the National Parks Act 1966 as the Desert Camp National Park.[3] Its name was amended to Desert Camp National Parks Reserve on 9 November 1967.[6] Section 105 came in existence about 14 months later after work to Rowney Road resulted in it being “severed … from an adjoining lease.” Section 105 was subsequently added ion 21 November 1968 to the national parks reserve.[7] In 1972, the national parks reserve was reconstituted as the Desert Camp Conservation Park upon the proclamation of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[5]

In 1992, the conservation park was described as follows:[5]

(It) is located in the Angle Rock Environmental Association… This association is characterised by interdunal plains with occasional low narrow dune ridges and isolated granite outcrops. Soils are moderately deep, alkaline, sandy, pedal, mottled-yellow duplex soils… These soils support an open woodland of pink gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa) over a heath understorey of mallee honey-myrtle (Melaleuca brevifolia), broombush (M. uncinata), austral grass tree (Xanthorrhoea australis), slaty sheoak (Allocasuarina muelleriana) and desert hakea (Hakea muelleriana).

As of 1992, there was “limited visitation” with the main visitor groups being “bird observers and field naturalists”.[5]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[2] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[8]

  1. ^ a b c "Search result(s) for Desert Camp Conservation Park (Record No. SA0019822) with the following layers being selected - "Parcel labels", "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Shard, A.J. (27 July 1967). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF MARCOLLAT—DESERT CAMP NATIONAL PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 850. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service. South East District; Sutherland, Andrea; South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1992), Small parks of the upper South East management plans, South East, South Australia (PDF), Dept. of Environment and Planning, pp. 12–13, ISBN 978-0-7308-2665-1
  6. ^ Walsh, Frank (9 November 1967). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS NAMED" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2043. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ DeGaris, R. C. (21 November 1968). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF MARCOLLAT—LANDS ADDED TO DESERT CAMP NATIONAL PARKS RESERVE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2212. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Desert Camp Conservation Park - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 7968)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 13 July 2018.