__NOTOC__ Rudall 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 on the

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named aft ...

in the gazetted locality of

Rudall Rudall is a town and locality in South Australia. At the , Rudall had a population of 90. It is named for the cadastral Hundred of Rudall, which was named after politician Samuel Rudall. It is a grain and sheep service centre on the Eyre Pen ...

about west of the town centre in Cleve. The conservation park was proclaimed on 16 August 1973 under the state's ''

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 ...

'' in respect to land in section 49 in the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Rudall The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1878 and named after William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia ...

. As of June 2016, the conservation park covered an area of . In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:

The eastern end of Rudall Conservation Park preserves a small area of mallee/broombush association with some pure stands of broombush. The park lies on a gentle foot-slope with sandy soils to the east and loamy soils to the west. The eastern end of the park is dominated by a scrub/heath to open scrub/heath of ''Eucalyptus incrassata'', ''E. foecunda'', ''Melaleuca uncinata'' with some pure stands of ''M. uncinata''. The western end is cleared and features an open grassland of predominantly introduced species. A small reservoir is also found in this part of the park The western end of the park is severely degraded as a result of heavy grazing. The eastern end has suffered some grazing but remains quite dense in places.

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

Entry for Rudall Conservation Park on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1973 1973 establishments in Australia Eyre Peninsula South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate

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