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Roonka Conservation Park is a
protected area 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 gazetted locality of
Blanchetown about north of the Blanchetown town centre.
[
The conservation park is located on land in sections 4 and 5 in the cadastral unit of the ]Hundred of Hay
The Hundred of Hay is a hundred within the County of Eyre
The County of Eyre is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for the explorer Edward John Eyre. It covers a po ...
on the western side 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 ...
.[ It 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 27 July 1978.[ As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of .][
In 1980, it was described as follows:]Roonka Conservation Park contains a most important archaeological site, spanning about 18,000 years. It has yielded evidence of an extremely wide variety of mortuary practices, a large range of archaeological phenomena and a long cultural sequence. The site has been excavated over more than a decade by the South Australian Museum.
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[ In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.]
See also
*Protected areas of South Australia
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 ...
References
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External links
Webpage for Roonka Conservation Park on the Protected Planet websiteWebpage for Roonka Conservation Park on the BirdsSA website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed
Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1978
1978 establishments in Australia
South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate