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Minlacowie Conservation Park

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Nearest town or city
  
Stansbury.

Area
  
28 ha

Established
  
14 February 2008

Minlacowie Conservation Park

Managing authorities
  
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

See also
  
Protected areas of South Australia

Similar
  
Leven Beach Conserva, Wills Creek Conservation Park, Clinton Conservation Park, Althorpe Islands Conserva, Pualco Range Conserva

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Minlacowie Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of Stansbury. The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2008. The following statement of significance appears in the park’s management plan:

Minlacowie Conservation Park (28.5 hectares; proclaimed in 2008) is located about 13 kilometres west of Stansbury. The park comprises a small patch of remnant mallee/broombush vegetation in very good condition, and conserves a number of significant plant species including the nationally and state vulnerable Winter Spider-orchid (Caladenia brumalis).

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

References

Minlacowie Conservation Park Wikipedia