__NOTOC__ Mount Boothby Conservation Park, formerly the Mount Boothby National Park, is a

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in the Australian state of

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located in the locality of Field about south-east of the state capital of

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and about west of the Culburra town centre on the

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. The conservation park consists of land in section 3 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Colebatch. The land first received protected area status as a national park proclaimed under the ''National Parks Act 1966'' on 30 November 1967. On 27 April 1972, the national park was reconstituted as the ''Mount Boothby Conservation Park'' under the ''

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''. The conservation park was named after its predecessor and ultimately after Mount Boothby, a hill located within its boundaries and with a height of . As of 2019, it covered an area of . In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:

Mount Boothby Conservation Park covers a rolling
calcarenite Calcarenite is a type of limestone that is composed predominantly, more than 50 percent, of detrital (transported) sand-size (0.0625 to 2 mm in diameter), Carbonate rock, carbonate grains. The grains consist of sand-size grains of either cor ...
range with an undulating sand flat in the northeast and several small granite outcrops. The dominant plant association on the range is ''
Eucalyptus diversifolia ''Eucalyptus diversifolia'', commonly known as the soap mallee, coastal white mallee, South Australian coastal mallee, or coast gum is a species of Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to an area along the southern coast of Australia. ...
'' / '' E. incrassata'' / '' E. foecunda'' open scrub with a sparse to mid-dense heath understorey. Open heath occupies the sand flat and small trees of E leucoxylon surround the granite outcrops. A low woodland of E fasciculosa above a heath understorey occupies a small area in the southeast. Emus and western grey kangaroos are conspicuous… The park is relatively unmodified, though minor clearing of the vegetation has been undertaken by apiarists… '' Melaleuca wilsonii'' and '' Hakea muellerana'' which are rare plants in South Australia… are fairly common in the park. '' Leipoa ocellata'' (mallee fowl) which is a threatened bird in SA… and the attractive '' Pseudomys apodemoides'' (ash-grey mouse) are seldom seen residents. Another feature of the park is the great variety of orchids which are best observed in September and early October…

The flora of the conservation park includes '' Caladenia tensa'' (rigid spider orchid), a species listed nationally as "endangered". The conservation park is classified as an

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Category Ia protected area. In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct

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Webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1967 1967 establishments in Australia South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate

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