| Gower Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
  Gower Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Nearest city | Tantanoola[2] |
| Coordinates | 37°42′48″S140°31′03″E / 37.7132°S 140.5176°E /-37.7132; 140.5176[1] |
| Area | 40 ha (99 acres)[3] |
| Established | 21 January 1971 (1971-01-21)[3] |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water[3] |
Gower Conservation Park (formerly the Gower National Parks Reserve) is aprotected area located in the Australian state ofSouth Australia in the locality ofTantanoola about 353 kilometres (219 mi) south-east of the state capital ofAdelaide and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north west of the regional city ofMount Gambier.[2][4][5]
The conservation park occupies land in section 517 of the cadastral unit of theHundred of Hindmarsh. It was proclaimed as a national park on 21 January 1971 under theNational Parks Act 1966 and was given the name ofGower National Parks Reserve. On 27 April 1972, it was renamed as the Gower Conservation Park upon the proclamation of theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 which repealed the former act along with other statutes concerned withconservation.[6][7] As of 2016, it covered an area of 40 hectares (99 acres).[4][3]
In 1980, it was considered to be significant because it was “an area representative of The eucalypt Forest [sic] which would once have covered much of the lower south east of South Australia”.[4]
In 1990, the conservation park was described as having a landscape of “undulating consolidated calcarenite dunes are overlain by brown/grey, weakly-structured sandy soils” with “some limestone outcrops located in the central and southern parts (of the conservation park) in association with rough barkedmanna gum”. The vegetation cover was described as “mainly an open forest ofmessmate stringybark… andbrown stringybark… with a shrub understorey ofaustral bracken… and a sparse shrub layer ofspike wattle…,grass tree… and somesilver leaved banksia… ” with “a stand of rough barked manna gum and somelarge black wattle… “ in southern end of the conservation park.[5]
The conservation park is classified as anIUCN Category III protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunctRegister of the National Estate.[4]
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