Simpson Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date= April 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Simpson Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = ia | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|35|51|22|S|137|59|45|E|display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Simpson Conservation Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 9 October 1986<ref name=ReserveList>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b88e6e26-4bd9-4c68-8fff-9e800114eb69/park-management-protected-areas-gen.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=26 March 2014}}</ref> | area_ha = 977 | area_km2 = | area_ref = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]]. | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] | website = }}

'''Simpson Conservation Park''' (formerly the Simpson Conservation Reserve) is a [[protected area]] in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located in the locality of [[Porky Flat, South Australia|Porkys Flat]] on [[Dudley Peninsula]] on [[Kangaroo Island]] about {{convert|13|km|abbr=off}} south of [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]].<ref name=plb>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Simpson Conservation Park" (Record no SA0056211) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> The conservation park was proclaimed under the ''[[National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972]]'' in 2010 over [[crown land]] previously dedicated as a [[Conservation reserves of South Australia|conservation reserve]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite journal|title=CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5 |journal=The South Australian Government Gazette |date=9 October 1986|page =1354 |url= http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1986/66.pdf |id=D.L., 2029/1979|access-date=29 December 2016 |publisher=Government of South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=National Parks and Wildlife (Simpson Conservation Park) Proclamation 2010|journal=South Australian Government Gazette|date=5 August 2010|page=3983|url=http://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/V/P/2010/NATIONAL%20PARKS%20AND%20WILDLIFE%20(SIMPSON%20CONSERVATION%20PARK)%20PROCLAMATION%202010_5.8.2010%20P%203983/5.8.2010%20P%203983.UN.PDF|access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Parks of Kangaroo Island|date=June 2009|publisher=Department of Environment and Natural Resources|isbn=978-1-921-238-39-0|page=23|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b540f960-d007-4c17-968f-a1e300903153/parks-of-kangaroo-island-gen.pdf|access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category Ia – strict nature reserve|IUCN Category Ia protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/simpson-conservation-park Entry for Simpson Conservation Park on protected planet] {{Kangaroo Island}} {{Protected areas of South Australia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson Conservation Park}} [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1986]] [[Category:1986 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]]