Clements Gap Conservation Park

This article is about protected area in South Australia. For the associated locality, see Clements Gap, South Australia.

Clements Gap Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Mid North of South Australia about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Redhill, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north east of Port Broughton and 42 metres above sea level. The park preserves an area of natural bushland and the built remnants of a small historic agricultural township, Clements Gap, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the Spencer Gulf coast. Maintained by the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR),^[2] the park is classified as an IUCN Category III Natural Monument or Feature.^[3] The park is named for the surrounding farming locality of Clements Gap, a reference to the co-located pass through the Barunga Range. The Clements Gap pass in turn is thought to be named after a shepherd in the area prior to 1880, per research by local historian Rodney Cockburn.^[4][5]

Clements Gap Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1]
Clements Gap Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Redhill
Coordinates	33.49232°S 138.0761°E / -33.49232; 138.0761
Area	7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Water
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

History

In 1963 eight sections (439-442 and 565-568) of the Hundred of Mundoora (north east corner) were set aside and designated Mundoora Conservation Park. In 1981 the park was renamed to its present designation.^[6][4]

See also

• Protected areas in South Australia
• Field Naturalists Society of South Australia