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The Mark Oliphant Conservation Park commemorates the commitment to conservation by scientist and former Governor of South Australia, Sir Mark Oliphant.  He was the first South Australian born Governor. The park was formerly the Lofty Recreation Park. 

Sir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and the development of the atomic bomb.

During retirement he was appointed Governor of South Australia by Premier Don Dunstan a position he held from 1971 to 1976.   In 1977 he assisted in the founding of the Australian Democrats political party.

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