Dalhousie Springs |
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| Title : | Dalhousie Springs |
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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 : |
Dalhousie Mound Springs with steam rising from the warm water, in the Witjira National Park, on the western edge of the Simpson Desert. Dalhousie Springs comprises approximately 70 springs and are part of a chain of mound springs extending along the outer rim of the Great Artesian Basin. The artesian water percolates up from a considerable depth through cracks and fissures in the subterranean strata. At the point of exit, the water, which originally entered the complex system in the Great Dividing Range, is millions of years old. Fish species such as the the Dalhousie hardyhead are unique to the system. |
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| Period : | 21st century |
| 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 South Australia's mound springs / edited by John Greenslade, Leo Joseph & Anne Reeves, Adelaide : Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, 1985 Harris, Colin "Oasis in the Desert; the mound springs of northern South Australia" Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), vol 81, 1980-1981 p 26-39 Hercus, LA The story of Gudnanamba. Adelaide, Government Printer, 1980 Natural History of the North East Deserts edited by M.J. Tyler et al chapter 9 Mound Springs by WE Boyd. [Adelaide, S. Aust.]: Royal Society of South Australia, 1990 Mound Springs Heritage Survey. Adelaide, Department of Environment and Planning, 1986 |
| 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 Mound Springs in Arid Australia : Australian Museum website |
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