Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park

Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Hindmarsh Tiers about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of Myponga.[1]

Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park
Hindmarsh Tiers[1], South Australia
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[2]
Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Myponga [1]
Coordinates35°25′20″S 138°31′03″E[2]
Established18 February 2010 (2010-02-18)[3]
Area1.11 km2 (0.4 sq mi)[4]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

The conservation park consists of the following land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Encounter Bay – Allotment 31 of Deposited Plan 79974.[3] The name was approved by the Surveyor General of South Australia on 18 August 2009 and is derived from a gully called Gum Tree Gully whose extent includes the conservation park.[1][5] As of 2018, it covered an area of 1.11 square kilometres (0.43 sq mi).[4]

Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park is reported as being one of the “new reserves” created as a “direct initiative” of the recovery plan for the Mount Lofty Ranges southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus intermedius) which is a bird species listed as endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[6][7]

The conservation park is categorised as an IUCN Category III protected area[2]

See also

References
  1. "Search results for 'Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "National Parks and Wildlife (Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park) Proclamation 2010". South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 18 February 2010. p. 832. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. "Search results for 'Gum Tree Gully' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. "MOUNT LOFTY RANGES, SOUTHERN EMU-WREN; Caring for our Fleurieu swamps, Fact Sheet 4" (PDF). Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board. 2012. p. 4. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. "Stipiturus malachurus intermedius — Fleurieu Peninsula Southern Emu-wren, Mount Lofty Southern Emu-wren". Species Profile and Threats Database. Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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