History
The park was established in 1977, when the entire 57,969 hectares of the park was purchased by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
Mallee Cliffs National Park is managed to protect the sand plain and sand dune land systems and ecological communities known colloquially as ‘Mallee Country’. Emphasis is placed on its value as a wildlife conservation area and it was established primarily to protect the habitat of the Malleefowl.
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