Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park, formerly Ngautngaut 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 ...

. it is on the Eastern bank of the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

downstream of the town of

Nildottie Nildottie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east side of the Murray River about east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat in Mannum. Nildottie's boundaries were crea ...

. It is co-managed by the Government of South Australia and the Nganguraku people. The conservation park consists of land in sections 88, 89 and 413 in the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Nildottie 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

. The land first received protected area status as a conservation park proclaimed 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 17 June 1976 in respect to sections 88 and 89. Land in section 413 was added on 25 August 2005. Its name was changed from "Ngautngaut" to "Ngaut Ngaut" on 28 September 2006 to "reflect the accepted Aboriginal spelling of the rock shelter" after which the conservation park was named. As of 2019, it covered an area of . It is the birthplace of the "black duck dreaming" and preserves Aboriginal rock art and culture. The conservation park is classified as

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Category III protected area.

References

External links

Official webpageWebpage on BirdsSA website
{{Aboriginal South Australians, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1976 1976 establishments in Australia Co-managed protected areas in South Australia