Artesian bore |
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| Title : | Artesian bore |
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| Creator : | Woolley, Toby, photographer | ||
| Date of creation : | 2005 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Copyright : | This item is reproduced courtesy of Toby Woolley. It may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Toby Woolley and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
Looking across Purni Bore in the Witjira National Park at sunrise, south of the Northern Territory border, with steam rising from the warm artesian water. First drilled in 1964 by a petroleum company it was left to flow when their exploration finished in the 1980s, creating an artificial wetland. The flow has now been regulated but it remains as an oasis for desert species. |
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| Coverage year : | 2005 |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Natural history of Dalhousie Springs / edited by W. Zeidler and W.F. Ponder, Adelaide : South Australian Museum, 1989 Wheeler, H. W. Artesian bores of South Australia : an annotated photographic record, 1939-1948, Warradale, S. Aust. : Pioneer Books, 1980 |
| Internet links : | Great Artesian Basin : South Australian Department for Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation factsheet Witjira National Park : ParksWeb, South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage website Monitoring Wetlands with Tails: Scientific Expedition at Dalhousie Springs, Witjira National Park, South Australia : Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage website Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative : Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website |
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