Malgra Conservation Park facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Malgra Conservation Park Kelly, South Australia
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Malgra Conservation Park Location in South Australia
Nearest town or city	Kimba
Established	20 October 1988 (1988-10-20)
Area	66 hectares (160 acres)
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Water
Footnotes	Nearest town Managing authority
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Malgra Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Kelly about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of Kimba.

The conservation park was proclaimed on 11 November 2010 under the state’s National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to land previously dedicated as a conservation reserve known as the Malgra Conservation Reserve on 20 October 1988. The conservation park was constituted to permit access under the state’s Mining Act 1971.

As of 2014, it and three adjacent conservation parks were described by their managing authority as follows:

These parks (sic) are dominated by relatively undisturbed mallee forest, and woodland associations with a Melaleuca shrub understorey. They provide important habitat for Malleefowl populations and contain significant species including Gilbert’s Whistler, Bentham’s Goodenia and the Six-nerve Spine-bush which are listed as rare under the National Parks and Wildlife Act.

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