Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia consisting of five parcels of land located in the gazetted localities of Balhannah, Basket Range, Carey Gully, Forest Range and Mount George about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of the state capital of Adelaide.
[2] With a total combined size of 253 ha, the park is an excellent example of the eucalyptus woodland that once dominated the high-rainfall regions of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges.
Due to changes in land usage since European settlement, and the subsequent clearance of high-rainfall land in the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges, many of the species found in the park are now considered locally rare or uncommon.
[3][2] It was named after Kenneth Stirling who was “a major donor to the preservation of native vegetation in South Australia.” [2][7] As of 2002, access to the conservation park for the purpose of mining exploration under the Mining Act 1971 was not permitted.
[8] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.