Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve
protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia
Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Ghan.
It is located approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) south of Ltyentye Apurte Community and 290 kilometres (180 mi) south east of Alice Springs. The reserve is surrounded by the pastoral lease and operating cattle station, Andado, the area also lies on the western edge of the Simpson Desert.
The area is fenced to protect it from stock. It can be accessed via the old Andado track or the Binns track via Ltyentye Apurte Community or from Kulgera via the Stuart Highway.
Occupying an area of 3,042 hectares (7,517 acres) the landscape in a flat, stony windswept plain in one of the hottest places in Australia. with temperatures often exceeding 40 °C (104 °F) in summer and an annual rainfall of about 150 millimetres (6 in).
The traditional owners of the area are the Arrente peoples, who lived and travelled through the area for thousands of years. The area is rich in Aboriginal artefacts and the name of the pastoral lease is derived from the Arrente word meaning stone tool.
Europeans arrived in the area in the 1880s and settled the lands for pastoralism, raising both sheep and more recently cattle.
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