| Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
  Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia,Hindmarsh Tiers[2] |
| Nearest city | Myponga[2] |
| Coordinates | 35°25′20″S138°31′03″E / 35.4222°S 138.5176°E /-35.4222; 138.5176[1] |
| Area | 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi)[3] |
| Established | 18 February 2010 (2010-02-18)[4] |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the locality of Hindmarsh Tiers about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of the state capital ofAdelaide and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of Myponga.[2]
The conservation park consists of the following land in the cadastral unit of theHundred of Encounter Bay – Allotment 31 of Deposited Plan 79974.[4] The name was approved by theSurveyor General of South Australia on 18 August 2009 and is derived from a gully called Gum Tree Gully whose extent includes the conservation park.[2][5] As of 2018, it covered an area of 1.11 square kilometres (0.43 sq mi).[3]
Gum Tree Gully Conservation Park is reported as being one of the “new reserves” created as a “direct initiative” of the recovery plan for theMount Lofty Ranges southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus intermedius) which is a bird species listed asendangered under theEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[6][7]
The conservation park is categorised as anIUCN Category III protected area[1]
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