Mamungari Conservation Park

Mamungari Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Mamungari Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Eucla
Coordinates
Established	7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)
Area	21,289.45 km2 (8,219.9 sq mi)
Managing authorities	DEWNR Maralinga Tjarutja Community
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Mamungari Conservation Park (formerly known as Unnamed Conservation Park) is a protected area located in South Australia within the southern Great Victoria Desert and northern Nullarbor Plain about west of Maralinga and northwest of Ceduna.

The conservation park was proclaimed in 1970 as a national park under the then National Parks Act 1966 for the purpose of conserving ‘the environments of the Great Victoria Desert and protect wilderness values.’ It was not assigned a name in 1970 and was subsequently constituted as the Unnamed Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. It was renamed as Mamungari Conservation Park on 30 November 2006.

It is one of twelve United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Biosphere Reserves in Australia and obtained this status in 1977.

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

The park is managed jointly by the traditional owners (the Maralinga Tjarutja and the Pila Nguru communities) and the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR).

The park may only be visited by those who have obtained the minimum impact code and can demonstrate experience using that code. Permits are required to travel to the park and will take 4 to 6 weeks to arrange. The only road of significance that passes through the park is the Anne Beadell Highway.

See also

• Protected areas of South Australia
• List of biosphere reserves in Australia

External links

• Mamungari Conservation Park official webpage
• Mamungari Conservation Park webpage on protected planet