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Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve
Permanent Declaration
Place
A stand of Acacia peuce on the edge of the Simpson Desert.
The Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve is significant as it contains one of only three known populations of the nationally vulnerable species Acacia peuce. The population occurs as a disjunct stand on the western edge of the Simpson Desert, separated by 300km of dunefields from the two other populations near Boulia and Birdsville on the eastern edge of the Simpson Desert. The stands are thought to be relics of a once continous distribution that probably occurred before the advancement of inland Australia aridity and dune formation about 16000 to 18000 years BP.
The area also contains the only sizeable representation of a stony down (undulating gibber plain) and associated herbland-tussock grassland formation that is under conservation management and fenced from stock and feral animals in the Northern Territory.

The reserve is a significant reserach site for establishing further information regarding the ecology of Acacia peuce, its use by Aboriginal people and the occupation of the Simpson Desert region by Aboriginal people prior to European development of the area for pastoral grazing.
25/11/1993
10/02/1994
10/02/1994
Comment sought
02/09/1994
21/10/1994
14/09/1994
H95/0032
Indigenous & Natural
Macdonnell Shire
NT Portion 1602,
230 km southeast from Alice Springs.
Photo
   
NameDescriptionDate Added
ViewMac clark.jpgMacClark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve19/SEP/07
ViewRIMG0116.JPGMacClark Conservation reserve 200806/FEB/09
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Scan
   
NameDescriptionDate Added
ViewInstrument and Gazettal.pdf - 06/FEB/09
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Further Information
   
NameDescriptionDate Added
ViewMac Clark Conservation Reserve.pdfFactsheet15/DEC/11
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Approximate Location
   
LAIS KeyStreet NumberStreet NameSuburbLocation CodeLot NumberLTO PlanPartTenure
000 01602 0 GHAN0001602 - - Special Purpose Lease
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