Hambidge
- Local Government Area
- Cleve
- Postcode
- 5642
- Area
- 380.77 km²
- Coordinates
- -33.4028, 135.9235
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Hambidge
Hambidge Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Hambidge about 140 kilometres (87 miles) north of Port Lincoln and 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) north east of Lock. The wilderness protection area was proclaimed under the Wilderness Protection Act 1992 on 30 September 2004 on land previously proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 as the Hambidge Conservation Park. It was, with Hincks Wilderness Protection Area, among the first reserves on mainland South Australia, being declared a Flora and Fauna Reserve in 1941.
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