History
The reserve takes it name from what are believed to local Aboriginal words, Para meaning “river” and Wirra meaning “forest”. Para Wirra National Park was officially opened by the then premier of South Australia, Sir Thomas Playford on 24 September 1963. Para Wirra was the state’s second national park, after Belair National Park. In 1972 Para Wirra was reconstituted as a recreation park. This reconstitution reflected the park’s role as a natural area catering for a wide range of recreational activities. There were no known sites of Aboriginal occupation within the reserve, but the area was thought to have been occupied by the Peramangk tribe prior European settlement. Recent findings are currently under investigation.
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