__NOTOC__ Kenneth Stirling 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 ...

consisting of five parcels of land located in the gazetted localities of

Balhannah Balhannah is a town in the Adelaide Hills about 30 km southeast of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It was established in 1839 as a farming community by James Turnbull Thomson, who built the first hotel. The town soon grew to inc ...

Basket Range Basket Range is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is located on an approximately north–south ridge that runs from Deep Creek in the north to Greenhill Road in the south. The area is completely encircled by hills, givin ...

Carey Gully Carey Gully is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The name of the town is taken from one of the early settlers of the area, Paddy Carey, and was originally called Carey's Gully, (This can be seen at the town's War M ...

Forest Range A forest range is a term used to define administrative regions containing one or more (usually) demarcated and (usually) protected or resource-managed forests. The term was in use in British India, and hence India, Pakistan and Bangladesh use thi ...

and Mount George about east of the state capital of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

. The conservation park was constituted under the ''

National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Protected areas of South Australia consists of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of March 2018, South Australia contains 359 sepa ...

'' on 13 December 1990 in respect to several parcels of land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Onkaparinga. It was named after Kenneth Stirling who was “a major donor to the preservation of native vegetation in South Australia.” As of 2002, access to the conservation park for the purpose of mining exploration under the ''Mining Act 1971'' was not permitted. The conservation park is classified as an International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN IUCN protected area categories#Category III—Natural Monument or Feature, Category III protected area. It was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate after late 1994.

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Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia 1990 establishments in Australia Protected areas established in 1990 Adelaide Hills South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate

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