Calperum Station (reserve)

This article is about the nature reserve in South Australia. For the associated locality, see Calperum Station, South Australia.

Calperum Station
Nephrurus levis from Calperum Reserve
Calperum Station
LocationSouth Australia, Calperum Station
Nearest cityRenmark
Coordinates33°49′0″S 140°34′0″E / 33.81667°S 140.56667°E / -33.81667; 140.56667
Area2,386 km2 (921 sq mi)
Established1993
Governing bodyAustland Services Pty Ltd on behalf of the Director of National Parks
Websitehttp://www.environment.gov.au/node/20941

Calperum Station, also known as Calperum Reserve, is a nature reserve located in the east of the Australian state of South Australia about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) north-west of the town of Renmark and about 250 kilometres (160 miles) east of the state capital of Adelaide. Calperum Station consists of three separate pastoral leases - Calperum, Calperum Road and Yubalia.

The property is a de-stocked pastoral (sheep) station managed by the Australian Landscape Trust. It is managed for public benefit as a site for habitat and species conservation, scientific research and public education. Most of the property is listed as "critical habitat" for a threatened species of bird, the black-eared miner, but it is not an officially-designated protected area.

The reserve includes a major part of the Riverland Ramsar site, a wetland of international significance, and Calperum Station is also part of a larger reserve system known as the Riverland Biosphere Reserve. It also includes a major part of the Riverland Ramsar Site. Calperum Station is part of a larger reserve system known as the Riverland Biosphere Reserve.

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