| Type: | protected |
| Roonka Conservation Park | |
| State: | sa |
| Iucn Category: | III |
| Iucn Ref: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | -34.3014°N 139.6361°Ws |
| Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Nearest Town Or City: | Blanchetown[2] |
| Area: | 1.02 |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Established Footnotes: | [4] |
Roonka Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Blanchetown about north of the Blanchetown town centre.[2]
The conservation park is located on land in sections 4 and 5 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Hay on the western side of the Murray River.[2] [4] It was constituted under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 July 1978.[4] As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of .[3] [2]
In 1980, it was described as follows:[5]
Roonka Conservation Park contains a most important archaeological site, spanning about 18,000 years. It has yielded evidence of an extremely wide variety of mortuary practices, a large range of archaeological phenomena and a long cultural sequence. The site has been excavated over more than a decade by the South Australian Museum.
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[5]