 In 2004, a parcel of land consisting of land around Memory Cove and the following islands - Hopkins, Lewis, Little, Smith and Williams, was excised from the national park and established as a separate protected area under the "Wilderness Protection Act 1992" (SA) and with the name, the Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area.The Aboriginal tribes of Barngala and Nauo were the first people to have lived in the region.Archaeological digs have found sites of stone working, including fish traps, and middens throughout the national park.