Desert Camp Conservation Reserve

Desert Camp Conservation Reserve
Marcollat[1]South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Desert Camp Conservation Reserve is located in South Australia
Desert Camp Conservation Reserve
Desert Camp Conservation Reserve
Nearest town or cityKeith.
Coordinates36°28′33″S 140°22′51″E / 36.4759°S 140.3807°E / -36.4759; 140.3807
Established11 November 1993 (1993-11-11)[2]
Area8.82 km2 (3.4 sq mi)[3]
Visitation‘rarely used’ (in 1997)[4]
Managing authoritiesDepartment of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
FootnotesCoordinates[5]
Nearest town[1]
Managing authority[3]
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Desert Camp Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's Limestone Coast in the gazetted locality of Marcollat about 44 kilometres (27 mi) south of the town centre in Keith.[1] It is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[5]

The reserve occupies crown land in section 55 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Marcollat on the eastern side of the Riddoch Highway which runs from Keith in the north to Naracoorte in the south. It is also bounded to the north by Rowney Road which runs from Bordertown in the north-east to Kingston SE in the south-west and which stops at the Riddoch Highway and resumes about a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the south.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Search result(s) for Desert Camp Conservation Reserve (Record No. SA0019823) 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. ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5, The Fourth Schedule" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2438. 11 November 1993. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. South East Region; South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1997), Aberdour and Mount Monster Conservation Parks, Desert Camp Conservation Reserve and Poocher Swamp Game Reserve management plans. South East, South Australia (PDF), Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, p. 12, ISBN 978-0-7308-5820-1
  5. ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2016.