Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve

Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve is a remote protected area in the James Range, MacDonnell Region, about 140 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It preserves a permanent desert spring and the ruins of a stone police station built in 1893 to service the remote pastoral district. The reserve is notable for its arid landscape, historic buildings, and reliable waterhole that supports local wildlife and reflects frontier history.

Visitors can expect a remote desert setting in the James Range with a permanent spring and waterhole surrounded by rocky hills and mulga woodland. The main feature is the well-preserved ruins of the 1893 stone police station, including the main building, outbuildings and stockyards, with interpretive signs. There is a small bush campground, pit toilets and picnic area. The site is quiet and isolated, suitable for sightseeing, photography, birdwatching and short walks around the ruins and spring.