Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park

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Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park
Hindmarsh Tiers [1] ,  South Australia
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Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Myponga [1]
Coordinates 35°25′20″S138°31′03″E / 35.4222°S 138.5176°E / -35.4222; 138.5176 Coordinates: 35°25′20″S138°31′03″E / 35.4222°S 138.5176°E / -35.4222; 138.5176 [2]
Established18 February 2010 (2010-02-18) [3]
Area1.11 km2 (0.4 sq mi) [4]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

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]

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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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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