__NOTOC__ Bangham Conservation Park is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

located in the state's

Limestone Coast The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. The ...

in the gazetted locality of Bangham about north-east of the town centre in Naracoorte. In the mid-1930s Professor Cleland called on the South Australian government to declare the Bangham forest a nature reserve, as an example of fast-disappearing southern Murray woodland, and home of South Australia's last indigenous koalas. The conservation park occupies land in section 4 and Allotment 1 of Deposited Plan 78796 in the cadastral unit of the

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which is bounded by the Bordertown-Frances Road on its western side, a road on its southern side and the Bordertown – Naracoorte railway line on its eastern side. As of 1992, access tracks had been constructed along the northern and eastern boundaries of section 4 while an easement for an electricity transmission line passed through the western side of the conservation park. The land originally gained protected area status in 1973, when section 4 was gazetted as the Bangham Conservation Park. In 2010, additional land consisting of Allotment 1 of Deposited Plan 78796 was added to the north side of the conservation park. The land was offered in 1971 to the

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for conservation purposes. At the time, it consisted of of "native scrub" and of "cleared land" with the majority of the latter occupying its south-east corner. A subsequent study revealed that the land was used by

red-tailed black cockatoo The red-tailed black cockatoo (''Calyptorhynchus banksii'') also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives t ...

s which at the time had "limited distribution" in South Australia and which made the land "particularly suitable for conservation purposes." In 1992, the conservation park was described as follows: As of 1982, vegetation within the conservation park consisted of the following three major plant associations - an "open forest - woodland" of South Australian blue gum,

river red gum ''Eucalyptus camaldulensis'', commonly known as the river red gum, is a tree that is endemic to Australia. It has smooth white or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers an ...

in "areas subject to inundation" and an "open forest - low open forest" of brown stringybark. As of 1992, visitation to the conservation park was described as "low level of mainly local use with occasional visits from further afield by field naturalists and bird observers" and that no facilities had been provided for visitors. The conservation park is classified as an

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Category III protected area.

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External links

Webpage for the Bangham Conservation Park on the Protected Planet websiteWebpage for the Bangham Conservation Park on the Birds SA website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1973 1973 establishments in Australia Limestone Coast

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