__NOTOC__ Talisker Conservation Park is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

located on the south-western area of the

Fleurieu Peninsula The Fleurieu Peninsula ( ; locally mainly ) is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. History Before British colonisation of South Australia, the western s ...

near the town of

Cape Jervis Cape Jervis is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located near the western tip of Fleurieu Peninsula on the southern end of the Main South Road approximately south of the state capital of Adelaide. It is named after the headla ...

and adjacent to

Deep Creek Conservation Park __NOTOC__ Deep Creek National Park, formerly the Deep Creek Conservation Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern coast of Fleurieu Peninsula in the gazetted localities of Deep Creek and Del ...

. The conservation park covers including areas of thick scrub, some steep walking tracks and the heritage-listed remains of a nineteenth century silver and lead mine. Talisker became a conservation park in 1976 after a period of 104 years of intermittent mining activity in the area. The conservation park owes its name to the two McLeod brothers who discovered an outcrop of silver-lead ore while searching for gold in 1862. The Talisker Mining company was formed the same year to extract the ore from the lode the McLeods named the 'Talisker of Scotland' after a locality in their homeland, the '

Isle of Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of ...

'. Land within the conservation park's boundaries is known to be a site for '' Pterostylis bryophila'' (Hindmarsh Valley Greenhood), a species of plant which is listed as "critically endangered" by the Commonwealth ''

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'' and as "endangered" by the South Australian ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972''. The conservation park is classified as an

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Category VI protected area.

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Talisker Conservation Park webpage on protected planetWebpage on the BirdsSA websiteTalisker Conservation Park on YouTube
Conservation parks of South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula 1985 establishments in Australia Protected areas established in 1985 {{SouthAustralia-protected-area-stub