Elizabeth Creek |
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| Title : | Elizabeth Creek |
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| Creator : | Babbage, Benjamin Herschel, 1815-1878 | ||
| Source : | PRG 404/19/3/3 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1858 | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
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| Description : |
The Elizabeth Creek was named in August 1857 by Charles Swinden after his aunt. Benjamin Babbage was there in May 1858 as part of his exploration of the northern areas of South Australia. At that time Babbage found it to be only one of two reliable water supplies in the district, but also that it was much reduced from Swinden's time when it was described as 'more like a lake than a waterhole.' In his account of his exploration Babbage wrote of the creek that there were sand-hills on its eastern bank and on the west 'an open plain scrubby near the creek, although gradually becoming stony, and rising for about four miles towards the foot of a detached range.' Benjamin Babbage was the leader of a South Australian government expedition which was exploring the northern reaches of the colony and searching for a passage through the apparent barrier of salt lakes that blocked progress to the north. He was equipped for 18 months but was recalled by the government for being too slow. He was replaced by Peter Egerton Warburton just as he found a way through the lakes to the north. |
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| Related names : | Babbage, Benjamin Herschel 1815-1878 Swinden, Charles |
| Coverage year : | 1858 |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Threadgill, Bessie South Australian land exploration, 1856 to 1880 Adelaide: Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1922 Gill, Dawn, Iron tracks and dusty trails: the life of Benjamin Herschel Babbage Henley Beach, S. Aust.: Seaview Press, c2002 Mueller, Ferdinand, Baron von, Report on the plants collected during Mr. Babbage's expedition into the north-western interior of South Australia in 1858 Melbourne, 1858 Babbage, B. H. 'Northern exploration', South Australian Parliamentary Papers, no 25, 1858 |
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| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing. Taking it to the edge August 2004- |
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