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Witchelina
Witchelina Nature Reserve, in South Australia, is situated on a former pastoral lease known as Witchelina that had operated as both a sheep station and cattle station, before being converted into a nature reserve by the Nature Foundation. The station gave its name to the locality of Witchelina, South Australia, Witchelina. The property is situated approximately north west of Leigh Creek, South Australia, Leigh Creek and north of Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide. The country is made up of gibber plains, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, red river gum and coolibah woodlands, Chenopodium, bluebush shrubland, Atriplex, saltbush plains and acacia dunefields. History The traditional owners of the area are the Adnyamathanha and Arabunna peoples; Witchelina straddles of the boundary of both the groups' traditional lands. The property was first established as a sheep station by John Ragless in 1873. Ragless' sons, Frederick and Richard, left Witchelina in 1882 with 2,500 sheep and three st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witchelina, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Witchelina is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about to the north-west of the town of Leigh Creek, South Australia, Leigh Creek and about north of the Adelaide city centre. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease of the same name. Witchelina is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of electoral district of Stuart, Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state's Far North (South Australia), Far North region. The land use within Witchelina is concerned with the use of the former pastoral lease as a private protected area also known as Witchelina (reserve), Witchelina which has fully occupied its extent as of 2010. See also *List of cities and towns in South Australia References Towns in South Australia Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
