Martindale Hall Conservation Park Draft Management Plan

Have your say on the Martindale Hall Conservation Park Draft Management Plan.

What's being decided?

We're seeking your feedback on the Martindale Hall Conservation Park Draft Management Plan.

The draft plan aims to:

• improve visitor experiences
• enhance protections of heritage, cultural and natural values.

Your feedback will help finalise this plan and shape the future of Martindale Hall.

Background

Martindale Hall and the surrounding estate was owned by the Bowman and Mortlock families until 1972. The site is closely associated with the pastoral and economic development of South Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

In 1980, Martindale Hall was entered on the Register of State Heritage Items and continues to be protected under the Heritage Places Act 1993 as a State Heritage Place. It is described in the heritage register as ‘an outstanding example of the grand country mansions constructed by wealthy pastoralists’ as well as ‘illustrating a way of life that no longer exists in South Australia’.

The property and accompanying 19 hectares of land was gifted to the state government by the University of Adelaide in 1986.

In 1991 the land was proclaimed as the Martindale Hall Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.

Martindale Hall continues to be recognised for its considerable heritage significance for South Australia.

For many years it has been leased to the private sector as a tourist attraction and as a venue for events and tourism accommodation. It is currently managed through a short-term caretaker arrangement with a local tourism operator. This arrangement has provided visitors with an opportunity to access the Hall as a museum, where visitors can see rooms that are preserved as the original owners would have displayed them.

The future management of Martindale Hall Conservation Park will focus on preserving and protecting the state heritage-listed property, while also facilitating tourism opportunities that complement the heritage values within a conservation park landscape.

Get involved

Find out more:

• Read the Draft Park Management Plan
• Take a look at our FAQs
• Ask us a question

Have your say by 5pm 23 October 2024 by:

• Taking our survey
• Emailing a submission to DEWProtectedAreaManagement@sa.gov.au (Please include Martindale Hall in the email subject heading)
• Posting your written submission to:
  Martindale Hall Conservation Park Draft Management Plan 2024
  National Parks and Protected Area Program Unit
  Department for Environment and Water
  GPO BOX 1047
  ADELAIDE SA 5001

What are the next steps?

All feedback will be collated and used in the development of the final plan. A consultation report will be made available on this website.

The final plan will be submitted to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water for adoption. Once approved the final plan will be available here and on the Department for Environment and Water's website.