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Merty Merty Station
Merty Merty (also known as Merty Merty Station) is both a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in north east South Australia and a locality. In April 2013, the land occupying the appropriate extent of the pastoral lease was gazetted by the Government of South Australia as a locality under the name Merty Merty. It is situated about north west of Tibooburra and north of Leigh Creek in the outback of South Australia. The homestead is found along Strzelecki Creek and the Strzelecki Track passes through the property. History The station was formed in 1919 after being sub-divided out of Innamincka Station, Tinga Tingana and Strzelecki. Sidney Kidman acquired the property in 1924 but only grazed cattle there intermittently. Kidman had little faith in the waterholes along the Strzelecki for moving cattle south and during drought would take them via Innamincka and down the Birdsville Track. The historic Well and Whim, Coochilara Waterhole and the Old Mulga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoral Lease
A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to Pastoral farming, graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands. Australia Historical background In the Australian states and territories, leases constitute a land apportionment system created in the mid-19th century to facilitate the orderly division and sale of land to European colonists. Legislation ensured that certain Aboriginal rights were embodied in pastoral leases. However, according to historian Henry Reynolds (historian), Henry Reynolds, several colonial leaders ran roughshod over these rights, including Sir John Downer (when the Northern Territory was governed by the colony of South Australia, colonial government of South Australia); Sir John Forrest in the colony of Western Australia; and Sir Samuel Griffith in colony of Queensland, Queensland. Today Pastoral leases exist in both Law of Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdsville Track
The Birdsville Track is an outback road in Australia. The track runs between Birdsville in south-western Queensland and Marree, a small town in the north-eastern part of South Australia. It traverses three deserts along the route, the Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert and Tirari Desert. Originally the track was of poor quality and suitable for high-clearance four-wheel drive vehicles only, but it is now a graded dirt road and a popular tourist route. It is also used by cattle trucks carrying livestock. The track passes through one of the driest parts of Australia, with an average rainfall of less than 100 mm annually. The area is extremely barren, dry and isolated. Travellers should carry water and supplies in case of emergencies. History The track was opened in the 1860s to walk cattle from northern Queensland and the Northern Territory to the nearest railhead in Port Augusta, which was later moved to Marree. The pioneering drover credited with establishing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Reduplicated Australian Place Names
These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri language, Wiradjuri. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga" ''many crows'' and "Tilba Tilba" ''many waters''. The phenomenon has been the subject of interest in popular culture, including the song by Australian folk singer Greg Champion (written by Jim Haynes (writer), Jim Haynes and Greg Champion), ''Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga''. British comedian Spike Milligan, an erstwhile resident of Woy Woy, once wrote "Woy it is called Woy Woy Oi will never know". Place names See also * Reduplication for general linguistic analysis * List of reduplicated place names * List of reduplicated New Zealand place names * List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin * List of tautological place names Postcodes References Further reading * Kennedy, Brian, & Kennedy, Barbara. & Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ranches And Stations
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance. Africa * Obudu Cattle Ranch * SODEPA cattle ranches in Cameroon Australia ''Station'' is the term used in Australia for large sheep or cattle properties. New South Wales * Borrona Downs Station * Brindabella Station * Caryapundy Station * Cooplacurripa Station * Corona Station * Dunlop Station * Elsinora * Momba Station * Mount Gipps Station * Mount Poole Station * Mundi Mundi * Nocoleche * Oxley Station * Poolamacca Station * Salisbury Downs Station * Sturts Meadows Station * Thurloo Downs * Toorale Station * Uardry * Urisino * Yancannia Station Northern Territory ''For a complete list see also: List of pastoral leases in the Northern Territory'' * Alexandria Station * Ambalindum * Alroy Downs * Amburla * Amungee Mungee * Andado * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Heritage Register
The South Australian Heritage Register, also known as the SA Heritage Register, is a statutory register of historic places in South Australia. It extends legal protection regarding demolition and development under the ''Heritage Places Act 1993''. It is administered by the South Australian Heritage Council. As a result of the progressive abolition of the Register of the National Estate The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heri ... during the 2000s and the devolution of responsibility for state-significant heritage to state governments, it is now the primary statutory protection for state-level heritage-listed buildings and other sites in South Australia. See also * National Trust of South Australia References External links Online Heritage DatabasesSA Heritage Places Dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Mulga Bore
Merty Merty (also known as Merty Merty Station) is both a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in north east South Australia and a locality. In April 2013, the land occupying the appropriate extent of the pastoral lease was gazetted by the Government of South Australia as a locality under the name Merty Merty. It is situated about north west of Tibooburra and north of Leigh Creek in the outback of South Australia. The homestead is found along Strzelecki Creek and the Strzelecki Track passes through the property. History The station was formed in 1919 after being sub-divided out of Innamincka Station, Tinga Tingana and Strzelecki. Sidney Kidman acquired the property in 1924 but only grazed cattle there intermittently. Kidman had little faith in the waterholes along the Strzelecki for moving cattle south and during drought would take them via Innamincka and down the Birdsville Track. The historic Well and Whim, Coochilara Waterhole and the Old Mulga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Well And Whim, Coochilara Waterhole
A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn up by a pump, or using containers, such as buckets that are raised mechanically or by hand. Water can also be injected back into the aquifer through the well. Wells were first constructed at least eight thousand years ago and historically vary in construction from a sediment of a dry watercourse to the qanats of Iran, and the stepwells and sakiehs of India. Placing a lining in the well shaft helps create stability, and linings of wood or wickerwork date back at least as far as the Iron Age. Wells have traditionally been sunk by hand digging, as is still the case in rural areas of the developing world. These wells are inexpensive and low-tech as they use mostly manual labour, and the structure can be lined with brick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
