Calperum Station (reserve)

Calperum Station
Calperum Station, South Australia
Nephrurus levis from Calperum Reserve
Calperum Station
Nearest town or cityRenmark
Coordinates33°49′0″S 140°34′0″E / 33.81667°S 140.56667°E / -33.81667; 140.56667
Established1993
Area2,386 km2 (921.2 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesAustland Services Pty Ltd on behalf of the Director of National Parks
WebsiteCalperum Station
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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.