Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park
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| Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
  Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia, Hindmarsh Tiers[2] |
| Nearest city | Myponga [2] |
| Coordinates | 35°25′20″S 138°31′03″E / 35.4222°S 138.5176°E[1] |
| Area | 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi)[3] |
| Established | 18 February 2010[4] |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
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.[2]
The conservation park consists of the following land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Encounter Bay – Allotment 31 of Deposited Plan 79974.[4] 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.[2][5] As of 2018, it covered an area of 1.11 square kilometres (0.43 sq mi).[3]
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[1]
