Darke Range Conservation Park
Darke Range Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Darke Peak about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town centre in Darke Peak.[2] The conservation park was proclaimed on 28 November 1985 under the state's National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to land in following sections and cadastral units - section 116 in the Hundred of Pascoe and section 58 in the Hundred of Darke both of which are located to the immediate west of the Darke Peak town centre.[4][2] Additional land in the Hundred of Darke was added to the conservation park on 23 September 2010 to the immediate north of its original extent for the following official reason:[5][6]
Its name was derived from the Darke Range on which it is located.[2] As of June 2016, the conservation park covered an area of 6.93 square kilometres (2.68 sq mi).[3] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1] See alsoReferences
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