Tallaringa Conservation Park

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| name = Tallaringa Conservation Park

| state = sa

| iucn_category = VI

| iucn_ref = {{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}

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| nearest_town_or_city = Coober Pedy{{cite web|title=Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/bf6977cb-f1f9-4700-9b5f-a35500fda94f/protected-areas-of-south-australia-map.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015}}

| area = 12688.59

| area_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-30june2015.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR)|access-date=3 August 2015}}

| established = {{start date|1991|12|19|df=y}}

| established_footnotes ={{cite web |last1=Blevins |first1=F.T. |title=NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTIONS 30(1) AND 43(2): CONSTITUTION OF TALLARINGA CONSERVATION PARK |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1991/131/1905.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=22 March 2019 |page=1905 |date=19 December 1991}}

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| managing_authorities = Department for Environment and Water

| url = http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Flinders_Ranges_and_Outback/tallaringa-conservation-park

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Tallaringa Conservation Park is a protected area located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia about {{convert|615|km|abbr=off}} north west of the city of Port Augusta and about {{convert|90|km|abbr=off}} west of the town of Coober Pedy.{{cite web|title= South Australia's National Parks Guide (Flinders Ranges and Outback) |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/parks/national-parks-guide-2013-flinders-ranges-outback-bro.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |date=2013|access-date=28 January 2016|page=41}} The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 1991.

As of 2013, the conservation park was described as follows:

A vast wilderness of vegetated dunes and gibber rises, Tallaringa Conservation Park sits on the fringe of the Great Victoria Desert. The park supports a variety of wildlife species that have adapted to live in this dry arid environment.

The access to the conservation park is via the Anne Beadell Highway which passes from east to west through it from the Stuart Highway in the east to Laverton in Western Australia in the west.

The conservation park is located within the South Australian Government region of Eyre and Western, the Great Victoria Desert Bioregion and the RAAF Woomera Range Complex.{{cite web|title=Eyre and Western South Australian Government Region|url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/21249/Eyre_Western_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=29 January 2016}}{{cite web|title= Great Victoria Desert |url= http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/files/39f3c2c0-f536-4bd5-8327-a27a00e1a4d0/great-victoria-desert-bio-region-fact.pdf. |publisher=Government of South Australia|page=1 |access-date=29 January 2016}}{{cite web|title= Restricted Land in South Australia, December 2015 |url= https://sarigbasis.pir.sa.gov.au/WebtopEw/ws/plans/sarig1/image/DDD/204224-006 |publisher=Government of South Australia, Department of State Development |access-date=29 January 2016}}

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.

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