[1] The National Research Foundation purchased privately owned rangeland, removed livestock from the area and placed it under the protection of SANParks.

[2] In 2020, this park was declared in partnership with the National Research Foundation and the Square Kilometre Array project.

[2] One of the objectives in creating the park was to increase the protection range of three unprotected ecoregions, including the Nama Karoo ecoregion from 1.5% to 2%; and in doing so, conserve the vulnerable quiver tree forests and other threatened species in the region.

[3] To ensure long term viability of the Karoo site for the Square Kilometre Array project and other radio astronomy instruments, the Parliament of South Africa passed the Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007.

The act gives the Minister of Science and Technology the authority to protect areas, through regulations, that are of strategic national importance for astronomy and related scientific endeavours.