Mimbara Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Mimbara Conservation Park
State:sa
City:Worlds End
Iucn Category:VI
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-33.8422°N 139.1166°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Nearest Town Or City:Burra[2]
Area:14.02
Area Footnotes:[3]
Established Footnotes:[4]

Mimbara Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Worlds End about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the town of Burra.[2]

The conservation park consists of the following land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bright - Allotments 100 and 101 in Deposited Plan 92164 and Section 223. [4] The land first received protected area status as a conservation park proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 26 March 2015. A separate proclamation made on the same day confirmed the preservation of “certain existing and future rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining” in respect to the land.[4] [5] Its name is derived from the clan name used by the Ngadjuri aboriginal people for the land associated with the conservation park.[2] As of 2019, it covered an area of .[3]

The conservation park is categorised as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2018. Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy . 24 December 2019. 2018.
  2. Web site: Search results for ‘Mimbara Conservation Park’ with the following datasets selected – ‘NPW and Conservation Properties’, ‘Suburbs and Localities’, ‘Hundreds’ and ‘Gazetteer’ . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australian . 18 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System Reserve List . Government of South Australia . 24 December 2019 . 15 March 2019 .
  4. Web site: National Parks and Wildlife (Mimbara Conservation Park) Proclamation 2015 . South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia . 24 December 2019 . 1323 . 26 March 2015. AustLII.
  5. Web site: National Parks and Wildlife (Mimbara Conservation Park—Mining Rights) Proclamation 2015 . The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia . 24 December 2019 . 1324 . 26 March 2015. AustLII.