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Kulliparu Conservation Park
South Australia
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Kulliparu Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Kulliparu Conservation Park
Kulliparu Conservation Park
Location in South Australia
Nearest town or city Kyancutta.
Established 11 November 1993 (1993-11-11)
Area 450.03 km2 (173.8 sq mi)
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Kulliparu Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted localities of Colley, Karcultaby, Mount Cooper and Mount Damper about 59 kilometres (37 mi) west of the town centre in Kyancutta.

The conservation park was proclaimed on 20 August 2009 under the state's National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to crown land formerly dedicated as conservation reserve under the state's Crown Land Act 1929 on 11 November 1993 and added to on 21 April 1994 and 15 February 1996. The dedicated land is located in the cadastral units of the hundreds of Addison, Moorkitabie, Wallis, Witera and Wright and on land within the County of Robinson which has been not declared as a hundred. The proclamation in 2009 permits access under the state's Mining Act 1971. As of June 2016, the conservation park covered an area of 450.03 square kilometres (173.76 sq mi).

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.

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