Mount Rescue Conservation Park
protected area in South Australia
Mount Rescue Conservation Park (formerly Mount Rescue National Park) was a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s south-east in the locality of Ngarkat about 190 kilometres (120 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of the town of Tintinara.
The conservation park consisted of land in sections 7 to 10 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Archibald and sections 3 and 4 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Makin located in the south-west corner of the locality of Ngarkat. The land was given protected area status in 1953 because it was “predominantly... unsuitable for development on account of its hilly or sandy nature”. Its name was derived from Mount Rescue, a hill with a height of 129 metres (423 ft) and which is located to the immediate east of the conservation park in section 23 of the Hundred of Makin.
The history of its protected area status and the associated land tenure from 1953 to 1972 follows:
On 20 August 1953, sections 9 and 10 in the Hundred of Archibald and sections 3 and 4 in the Hundred of Makin were dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1929 “for flora and fauna purposes”.
On 8 March 1962, the land in the Hundreds of Archibald and Makin which was dedicated in 1953 was resumed and dedicated as a wild life reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929.
On 19 July 1962, land previously as a wild life reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 earlier in 1962 was declared as a wild life reserve under the National Park and Wild Life Reserves Act 1891.
On 19 June 1965, land in sections 7 and 8 of the Hundred of Archibald was dedicated as a wild-life reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929.
On 29 July 1965, land in the Hundred of Archibald which was dedicated as a wild-life reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 in June 1965 was declared a wildlife reserve under the National Park and Wild Life Reserves Act 1891.
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