| Dingley Dell Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
 View of Dingley Dell, the home of poet Adam Lindsay Gordon, circa 1950, State Library of South Australia PRG-1386-3-50 | |
  Dingley Dell Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Nearest city | Port MacDonnell |
| Coordinates | 38°02′27″S140°40′44″E / 38.0407°S 140.6790°E /-38.0407; 140.6790 |
| Area | 6 ha (15 acres)[1] |
| Established | 1 January 1922 (1922-01-01)[1] |
| Visitors | ‘Low’ (in 1994) |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
| Website | Official website |
Dingley Dell Conservation Park (formerly known as the Dingley Dell National Pleasure Resort) is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the state's south east in the gazetted locality ofPort MacDonnell about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the town centre of Port MacDonnell and about 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of the city centre inMount Gambier.[2][3]
The conservation park occupies land in Part Section 138 ofthe cadastral unit of theHundred of MacDonnell. The land contains the cottage occupied by the poet,Adam Lindsay Gordon from 1864 to 1866. It was purchased by theGovernment of South Australia in 1922 at “the request of the Dingley Dell Restoration Committee.” The land originally gained protected status as a national pleasure resort proclaimed under theNational Pleasure Resorts Act 1914 and which was managed by the South Australian Tourist Bureau. On 27 April 1972, it was renamed as the Dingley Dell Conservation Park upon the proclamation of theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 which repealed the former act along with other statutes concerned withconservation.[4][2]
The conservation park was described in 1994 as follows:[2]
In 1980, the conservation park was listed on the formerRegister of the National Estate.[5]
Gordon's former home which was listed on theSouth Australian Heritage Register on 24 July 1980 under the name of theDingley Dell Museum is managed by a commercial operator.[6][7][8]
As of 1994, visitation was “low” with “the majority of visitors viewing the cottage, and a lesser proportion using the walking track behind the cottage.”[2]
As of 2014, the conservation park had not been given anIUCNprotected area category.[9]