Carribie 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 ...

located in the Yorke Peninsula of

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about west of Warooka in the locality of Corny Point. The conservation park consists of land in the section 153 of the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Carribie County of Fergusson is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia which spans Yorke Peninsula south of Price. It was proclaimed in 1869 by Governor Fergusson after whom the county was named. Description The County ...

. The land first received protected area status as a fauna reserve proclaimed on 11 July 1968 under the ''Fauna Conservation Act 1964''. On 27 April 1972, the fauna reserve was reconstituted as the ''Carribie Conservation Park'' under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972''. As of 2019, it covered an area of . In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:

Carribie Conservation Park preserves two vegetation associations representative of the original vegetation of the region. As Yorke Peninsula has been largely cleared of naturally vegetated areas this assumes particular significance... Situated on an undulating sandy plain, Carribie Conservation Park has two co-dominant vegetation associations. The northern part of the park features a dense mallee scrub of ''
Eucalyptus diversifolia ''Eucalyptus diversifolia'', commonly known as the soap mallee, coastal white mallee, South Australian coastal mallee, or coast gum is a species of mallee that is endemic to an area along the southern coast of Australia. It has smooth bark, lanc ...
'', while the southern portion exhibits a woodland of '' Casuarina stricta'' and ''
Melaleuca lanceolata ''Melaleuca lanceolata'' commonly known as black paperbark, moonah, Rottnest Island teatree and western black tea tree is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is native to Australia where it occurs in Western Australia, South Australia, ...
''... Carribie Conservation Park is a small park largely surrounded by cleared land and as such is susceptible to modification via external pressures...

In 2009, it was reported that 81 native plant species had been recorded within the conservation park's boundaries with an orchid, Western Daddy-long-legs, being the only species of conservation significance with a listing in South Australia of ''rare''. The conservation park is classified as an

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Category III protected area. In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct

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References

External links

Carribie Conservation Park webpage on protected planet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carribie Conservation Park Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1968 1968 establishments in Australia Yorke Peninsula South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate