Scott Creek Conservation Park

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Scott Creek Conservation Park
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Nearest town/city:	Adelaide
Coordinates:	35°05′S 138°41′E
Area:	7.14 km²
Managing authorities:	Department for Environment and Heritage
Official site:	Scott Creek Conservation Park

Scott Creek Conservation Park is a conservation park in South Australia, approximately 20 km south of Adelaide.

Formerly Peramangk Aboriginal territory, european settlers first arrived in the late 1830s with timber from the area used in the construction of the city of Adelaide. From the 1850s the area was mined for copper and silver, and by the time production was stopped in 1887 due to economic reasons, 310 kilograms of silver had been mined. The land was privately owned until the early 1970s when land was purchased by the South Australian Government, with the park being officially declared in 1985.

[edit] See also

• Protected areas of South Australia

[edit] External links

• The Friends of Scott Creek Conservation Park
• Bush-walking in Scott Creek blog by SA-hiker

Protected areas of South Australia

National Parks: Belair | Canunda | Coffin Bay | Coorong | Flinders Chase | Flinders Ranges | Gawler Ranges | Innes | Lake Eyre | Lake Gairdner | Lake Torrens | Lincoln | Mount Remarkable | Murray River | Naracoorte Caves | Nullarbor | Onkaparinga River | Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges | Witjira Conservation Parks: Acraman Creek | Bascombe Well | Billiatt | Black Hill | Cape Gantheaume | Cleland | Cox Scrub | Danggali | Deep Creek | Fairview | Kelly Hill | Hacks Lagoon | Hambidge | Hincks | Lake Gilles | Marino | Monarto | Morialta | Naracoorte Caves | Ngarkat group | Pinkawillinie | Scott Creek | Seal Bay | Simpson Desert | Spring Gully | Talisker | Tantanoola Caves | Telowie Gorge | Unnamed Wilderness Protection Areas: Cape Bouguer | Cape Gantheaume | Cape Torrens | Ravine des Casoars | Western River Regional Reserves: Chowilla | Innamincka | Lake Frome | Nullarbor | Simpson Desert | Strzelecki | Yellabinna Recreation Parks: Brownhill Creek | Onkaparinga River | Shepherds Hill | Sturt Gorge | Conservation Reserves: Chadinga | Naracoorte Caves Game Reserves: Bool Lagoon